scent blood



scent blood

to believe that someone you are competing against is having difficulties or problems and to use this to get an advantage for yourself The manager has already made some serious errors of judgement and it is clear that other employees scent blood.
See also: blood, scent

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
OttoAW-to (German), AH-to (English), OT-to (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Meri (2)-Georgian
Hector['hektə]
Sobeslav-Medieval Slavic
Sveva-Italian
GyÖRgyDYUUR-dyəHungarian