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get a sniff ofstresses
fig. унюхать ("(...) perhaps the scent is not so cold but that two old hounds like Watson and myself may get a sniff of it." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – смогут унюхать ART Vancouver)
humor. вдохнуть ((...) Uncle Tom has had a marked complex about burglars. I can still recall my emotions when, paying my first visit after he had bars put on all the windows and attempting to thrust the head out in order to get a sniff of country air, I nearly fractured my skull on a sort of iron grille, as worn by the tougher kinds of mediaeval prison. (P.G. Wodehouse) – вдохнуть сельского воздуха ART Vancouver)
inf. почуять (что-либо); пронюхать (что-либо); учуять (что-либо); посмотреть одним глазком на (Wakeful dormouse)
get a sniff of: 3 phrases in 2 subjects
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