Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

he who smelt it dealt it

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
he who s-melt it dealt it
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

A person who calls attention to or complains about a flatus is likely trying to pretend it wasn't their own.

Colloquial

proverb

A person calling attention to or complaining about a given problem may in fact be the source of the problem.

Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

whoever smelt it dealt it (alternative) you smelt it, you dealt it (alternative)

Phrases

cut the cheese protest too much

Frequently Paired Words

cut the cheese protest too much he who said the rhyme did the crime

Synonyms

he who denied it supplied it

Questions

What does he who smelt it dealt it mean?
A person who calls attention to or complains about a flatus is likely trying to pretend it wasn't their own.

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