y avoir anguille sous roche

French

Etymology

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

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

Verb

y avoir anguille sous roche

  1. (impersonal, figuratively) for there to be something fishy and suspicious going on, for there to be something in the wind, in the offing
    il y a anguille sous roche ― I smell a rat; something is afoot.
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