sniff at

But Parris came off after an hour, having struggled to implement England's press and having barely had a sniff at goal.

The mere depiction of men lusting after other men, let alone as something to be celebrated, wasn’t anything to sniff at.

So in the interest of self-improvement, I open my pack of what look like markers and sniff at them one by one.

It was about 8:30 p.m. when the spotted beast appeared and stopped to sniff at mountain lion scat before opening its jaw.

One woman said she was given something to sniff at his flat which had an "immediate impact" on her, while the other was overly affected by a glass of wine and a few puffs of what she believed was cannabis.