sniff test | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,figurative)An informalcheckof anideaorproposal, using one'scommon senseor sense ofpropriety.Synonyms:smell test,nose testCoordinate term:smoke testNear-synonyms:reality check,sanity check,sanity testbut does it pass thesniff test?but it doesn't pass thesniff test; (literal)Aninspectionof an object using thesenseof smell, as for freshness of food or cleanliness of clothing.Synonyms:smell test,nose test

Examples:

EN: For police, it involves the use of forward-looking infrared cameras that can detect the above-normal heat radiating from a grow-op, or the sniff test.
ES: La policía usa helicópteros con cámaras infrarrojas que detecta el calor anormal de un GrowOP. O el olfato.
EN: I just do a little sniff test now, because we've got to check for artificial fibers because some of them will set those allergies right off.
ES: Estoy oliendo un poco, porque tenemos que buscar fibras artificiales, algunas provocan esas alergias.
EN: If you believe the obit, she did, but it didn't pass the sniff test.
ES: Si crees el obituario, lo hizo, pero no pasó la prueba de mi olfato.
EN: Dr. Lightman, in your expert opinion, Does this claim of memory loss pass the sniff test?
ES: Doctor Lightman, según su opinión de experto ¿esa pérdida de memoria supera su examen de mentiroso?
EN: Dad grilled the crap out of everything but I would still give it the sniff test.
ES: Papá dejó todo bien frito, pero mejor huélanlo antes de comerlo.
EN: You've been invited to dinner with Peter and his brother-in-law to prove they pass the sniff test.
ES: Estás invitado a cenar con Peter y su cuñado para que compruebes que pasa el test.
EN: Our sniff test for whether or not it's all right to put a song in a commercial is whether or not that commercial is likely to make you feel worse about yourself.
ES: Nuestra prueba para saber si poner una canción en un comercial", Damian Kulash y Tim Nordwind OK Go es si ese comercial tiene probabilidades de hacerte sentir mal contigo mismo.
EN: Man, I'm not saying nothing, and I'm not taking no sniff test.
ES: Tío, no voy a decir nada, y no voy a hacer ninguna prueba de olores.
EN: As I was doing my standard inventory of the body-- stomach contents, wound analysis, sniff test.
ES: Como yo estaba haciendo mi inventario estándar del cuerpo Contenido del estomago,análisis de la herida, test de aspiracion
EN: Oh, I didn't realize the sniff test had become standard.
ES: Oh, no me di cuenta que la prueba de aspiración se volvio un estandar
EN: Guess I really failed that Mary Beth sniff test.
ES: Supongo que realmente falle la prueba de olfato de Mary Beth.
EN: Now let's do the sniff test.
ES: Hagamos el test olfativo.
EN: If you want to investigate the psychosomatic effects of treatment, in five seconds, I could design a study that is far more tailored to our work than some-- some phony sniff test with Logan.
ES: Si quieres investigar los efectos psicosomáticos del tratamiento, en cinco segundos puedo diseñar un estudio que se ajuste mejor a nuestro trabajo que un... estudio falso sobre olores con Logan.
EN: But you got to do the sniff test first.
ES: Pero debes olerlo primero.
EN: What are you thinking? This isn't passing the sniff test?
ES: Sí, lo es. ¿En qué piensas?

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