ada udang di balik batu

Meaning: (figurative,idiomatic)there is aconcealedulterior motive, especially in a person's words or in a seeminglygenerousofferordealDalam konteks kebijakan yang dijalankan oleh Partai Komunis Indonesia (P.K.I.),ada udang di balik batu.On the context of the Communist Party of Indonesia (P.K.I.)'s policies, there is anulterior motive.1989, Ramlal Rishi,Pacar, Gramedia Pustaka Utama, page41:"Aduh, mengapa Bapak belum juga mengerti bahwa adaudang di balik batu? Coba pikir betul-betul dan berkali-kali tentang kalung ini.""Ouch, why don't you understand thatthere is a catch? Try to think seriously and over and over again about this necklace."

Examples:

ID: Siapa tahu ada udang di balik batu.
EN: Who knows? Maybe there's a hidden agenda behind this.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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."

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