smell the barn

短语

发音

UK /ˌsmɛl ðə ˈbaːn/
AU
US /ˌsmɛl ðə ˈbaɹn/

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To act with renewed energy or speed or to experience heightened anticipation as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome.

    美国 习语 不及物

    We’ll get home right quick—old Dobbin knows the way better than you and I do, and he can smell the barn besides.

词源

A reference to a livestock animal returning to its barn at the end of the day, especially a horse drawing a carriage which is on the way back home.

来源：wiktionary