fail the smell test



fail the smell test

To be morally questionable, unacceptable, or untrustworthy. The new pro-drilling bill that's being put through Congress certainly fails the smell test, and many are suspicious that Big Oil has been responsible for its inception.
See also: fail, smell, test

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EarleURLEnglish
Sommer-English (Modern)
KonstantinKAWN-stahn-teen (German), kahn-stahn-TEEN (Russian)German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Henrikas-Lithuanian
Marcelimahr-TSE-leePolish
Vesna-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian