Question

5. ...as he saw us he turned around and tried to walk right back out. Both me and mama smelleu a

rat...
What type of figurative language is used in this passage?
(8 Points)
O idiom
metaphor
personification
O
simile

Answer 1

idiom.

Step-by-step explanation:

The phrase to smell a rat is an idiom that dates back to the 1500s. To smell a rat means to become suspicious that something in a given situation is not quite right, to believe that someone is attempting to trick you or that the circumstances are not quite right.