Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
stink
English answer:
fishy or suspicious ( in this context)
Added to glossary by
Xiaoping Fu
Sep 16, 2003 07:13
20 yrs ago
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stink
English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Dialog in video game.
We’ve gotta keep our eyes peeled, ´cos something around here stinks.
Does "stink" here mean someting is fishy or suspicious?
Does "stink" here mean someting is fishy or suspicious?
Responses
| 4 +9 | fishy or suspicious |
IanW (X)
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| 4 +3 | suspicious |
Monika Sojka
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Change log
Oct 26, 2006 03:27: Xiaoping Fu changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Poetry & Literature"
Responses
+9
1 min
Selected
fishy or suspicious
Yes, you're right - it's the modern equivalent of Shakespeare's "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" ...
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+3
3 mins
Monika Sojka
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suspicious
you're right, it means that something around here is not right, is suspicious
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Roddy Stegemann
5 mins
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: -
9 mins
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| agree |
Will Matter
: something's up for sure.....:)
1 hr
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