- smell something a mile off
- see, spot, tell, smell, etc. sth a ˈmile off idiom
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He's wearing a wig— you can see it a mile off.
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After twenty years in the police she could smell a liar a mile off.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
smell something a mile off
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