olerse la tostada

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “smell the toast”.

Verb

olerse la tostada (first-person singular present me huelo la tostada, first-person singular preterite me olí la tostada, past participle olido la tostada)

1. (idiomatic) to smell a rat

Further reading

• “olerse la tostada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10