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Icelandic proverb

Every man loves the smell of his own farts.

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smell a rat

[smell a rat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. * /Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I'm beginning to smell a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

smell up

[smell up] {v.}, {informal} To make a bad smell. * /A skunk smelled up our yard last night./ * /Mr. Brodsky's cigar smelled up the living room./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Jewish proverb

The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. www.english-slang.com

somebody up there loves/hates me

[somebody up there loves/hates me] {slang} An expression intimating that an unseen power in heaven, such as God, has been favorable or unfavorable to the one making the exclamation. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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