In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase as your answer.
When the family in the next house packed off at midnight, I began to smell a rat.

Options

A. to suspect a trick
B. to misunderstand
C. to see hidden meaning
D. to smell a bad smell

Answer

A

Explanation

Idiom smell a rat means : to suspect that something is wrong about a situation.