Examples of using Smacks in English and their translations into Finnish
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This smacks of complicity because this wall is not about security;
However, this resolution smacks of an ideology that wants to forcefully combat one objectionable form of oppression by introducing another undesirable form of dictatorship
The Commissioner's colleague Mr McCreevy is not doing anything in the areas that present real risks- which smacks of neglect of duty.
regional differences, which smacks of egalitarianism.
Now the District Attorney's decision to charge him using a case that relies solely on flimsy circumstantial evidence and hearsay smacks of election year desperation.
detailed response he literally smacks you in the face, a piece of yourself.
if approved by the corporate culture is clearly a present"smacks of" formalism?
I don't wish to be trusted me… because that suspicious letter smacks of intrigue./ It must because you say so.
In this regard, Commissioner Bolkestein's last sentence, which smacks of blackmail, does nothing to alleviate my deep suspicion.
He will do what I say. Once I show him who's boss with a few treats and some smacks.
this move smacks of hypocrisy.
I think it smacks far too much of populism,
If we can't get the FDA to do the tests- for some this smacks of too much of socialism- then the drug companies must be forced to be more precise and less biased in making tests.
attempt to distract attention with a level of sartorial experimentation that smacks of desperation.
As far as I can see, this all smacks more of what one might call national nepotism,
Amendment No 1 for the very simple reason that it smacks of a desire to scuttle back into a form of neo-protectionism,
when Moldova is not even a Member of the European Union, smacks of cynicism.
I must say that simply referring to full employment without proposing a concrete programme towards achieving the targets smacks too much of lip service
And he smacked Hans down.
He smacked his head against the wall.

