to smell gunpowder in the air 闻到火药味,察觉到不和的氛围
英文释义
To sense evidence of a noisy argument that is not occurring now, but has just occurred or will occur soon.
例句
Neither of the two people who work for me said hello when I returned from lunch, and since I could smell gunpowder in the air, I asked them what was wrong.
吃完午饭回来,两个为我工作的人谁也不跟我打招呼。由于闻到了火药味,我便问他们出什么事了。