haber gato encerrado: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To suspect that something hidden, deceptive, or dubious is taking place; to feel that there is more to a situation than appears.
- To believe that a secret or unexplained factor is involved; to sense that something is fishy.
Examples
BetaCuando escuché esa explicación tan confusa, supe que había gato encerrado y decidí investigar más a fondo.
When I heard that confusing explanation, I knew something was fishy and decided to investigate further.
¿No te parece raro que Pedro no haya contestado el teléfono? Creo que hay gato encerrado en todo esto.
Doesn't it seem strange to you that Pedro hasn't answered the phone? I think there's something suspicious going on.
La policía sospechaba que había gato encerrado en el caso, por eso no daban detalles al público.
The police suspected that something was hidden in the case, which is why they weren't giving details to the public.
Examples:
- ES: Tiene que haber gato encerrado.EN: There must be something fishy.EN: Bound to be a skeleton in there somewhere, eh?EN: I bet there must be a rat.
- ES: Tiene que haber gato encerrado aqui.EN: Must be some catch.
- ES: Michaël de J, el conserje ese... No sé, todo esto me parece un poco raro. Aquí tiene que haber gato encerrado.EN: Michael de J., that handyman, is obviously not right in his head.
- ES: Esto de estar en el país con la gente más feliz del mundo... Tiene que haber gato encerrado.EN: The idea that, you know, you're in a country of the happiest people in the world, there's gotta be something to it.
- ES: Pero podría haber gato encerrado, y no me gustan los gatos.EN: That bag could hold anything. Like a stray cat. And I don't like cats.
- ES: Debe haber gato encerrado.EN: What's the hitch?
- ES: Aquí parece haber gato encerrado.EN: There's something phony about the whole thing.
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