ada udang di balik batu — meaning & examples

Language: id

Meanings:

  • 1.

    IndonesiaMalayneutralliteral
    • A literal phrase meaning 'there is a shrimp behind the rock.'

    Examples

    Beta

    • Saat snorkeling di pantai, saya melihat ada udang di balik batu karang yang menakjubkan itu.

      While snorkeling at the beach, I saw a shrimp behind that amazing coral rock.

    • Malam tadi saya menemukan ada udang di balik batu di akuarium rumah nenek.

      Last night I found there was a shrimp behind the rock in grandma's aquarium.

    • Anak-anak sedang bermain di sungai, mereka menunjuk ada udang di balik batu yang tersembunyi.

      The children were playing in the river, they pointed to a shrimp behind the hidden rock.

    • Nelayan itu bilang ada udang di balik batu dekat dermaga yang bisa kita ambil besok pagi.

      The fisherman said there is a shrimp behind the rock near the dock that we can take tomorrow morning.

  • 2.

    IndonesiaMalayidiomaticcolloquialfigurative
    • An idiom meaning there is a concealed ulterior motive or hidden catch behind an action, offer, or statement.

    Examples

    Beta

    • Kalau ada tawaran seperti itu, hati-hati, biasanya ada udang di balik batu yang tidak kamu ketahui.

      If there is an offer like that, be careful, usually there is an ulterior motive you don't know.

    • Aku tidak percaya begitu saja janji itu, karena aku yakin ada udang di balik batu di balik kata-katanya.

      I don't just believe that promise, because I am sure there is a hidden agenda behind his words.

    • Jangan terlalu cepat menerima bantuan mereka, siapa tahu ada udang di balik batu yang merugikan kita.

      Don't accept their help too quickly, maybe there is a hidden catch that harms us.

Examples:

  • ID: Siapa tahu ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: Who knows? Maybe there's a hidden agenda behind this.
  • ID: Berbagai dari ada udang di balik batu kecuali saja batal, kamu tahu,
    EN: Sort of secret but just off, you know,
  • ID: Jim, kamu di sini memperoleh salah satu panggil menelpon ada udang di balik batu itu dari milik kamu?
    EN: Jim, you in here getting one of those secret phone calls of yours?
  • ID: Apa udang di balik batunya? Tidak, tak ada udang di balik batu. Setiap anggota dewan baru dapat makan malam.
    EN: No, there's-there's no catch, just every new council member gets a dinner, so.
  • ID: Tapi ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: But I do have ulterior motives.
  • ID: Ternyata ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: There was a good reason behind it.
  • ID: Pasti ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: She must have something up her sleeve.
    EN: There must be something to this.
    EN: There's always a catch.
    EN: It's not that simple
  • ID: Oh, pujian itu terdengar seperti ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: Oh, that compliment sounds like it's got a favor attached to it.
  • ID: Felicity, ibu akan senang kalau ayahmu tidak menemuimu karena ada udang di balik batu, tapi ibu sudah lebih berpengalaman soal itu dari yang pernah ibu akui, dan selalu berakhir dengan cara yang sama.
    EN: Felicity, I would love to think that your father didn't show up with some ulterior motive in your life right now, but I've been where you are more times than I care to admit, and it always ends the same way.
  • ID: Aku sudah kenal kalian, dan aku merasa ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: - I know you guys by now, and I feel--I smell-- I smell owls in the mud.
  • ID: Aku merasa ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: I felt there was some kind of an intention there.
  • ID: Rasanya ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: I feel like you have an ulterior motive.
  • ID: Kamu yakin tidak ada udang di balik batu?
    EN: Goo Jung Hee, that jerk. Could he be scheming something?
  • ID: Biasanya ada udang di balik batu.
    EN: There's usually more to a story than meets the eye.
  • ID: "Pasti ada udang di balik batu."
    EN: "There must be a catch."

Related Idioms

Validation Count: 0

Sourced from Wiktionary