he who smelt it dealt it
English
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edit- (colloquial, originally) A person who calls attention to or complains about a flatus is likely trying to pretend it wasn't their own.
- (colloquial, by extension) Used to suggest that a person calling attention to or complaining about a given problem may in fact be the source of the problem.
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edit- Non-rhyming variants with smelled rather than smelt are almost completely unattested, even in forms of English that otherwise prefer smelled.
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edita person calling attention to or complaining about a fart
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