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y_avoir_anguille_sous_roche

y avoir anguille sous roche

French

Verb

y avoir anguille sous roche

  1. (by extension, idiomatic) To suspect that there is something being hidden from us; to smell a rat.

See also

References

  • Le Petit Robert, 1977

Etymology

Literally "to have there be an eel hidden beneath a rock."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.j‿a.vwaʁ ɑ̃.ɡij su ʁɔʃ/

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