Significado de haber gato encerrado | Babel Free

Definiciones

1. to have something fishy going on
   idiomatic, impersonal
2. to have a catch (a concealed condition or difficulty)
   idiomatic, impersonal

Equivalentes

Ejemplos

“En aquella situación hubo gato encerrado.”

There was something fishy going on there.

“Lo que dice del acuerdo me parece demasiado perfecto. Creo que hay gato encerrado.”

What he says does seem too good to be true. I think there's a catch.

“Dijo que yo podría tomar todos los libros, pero descubrí que había gato encerrado. Se rompió el brazo y yo necesitaría llevarlos todos sin ayuda.”

He said I could have all the books, but I discovered that there was a catch. His arm was broken and I had to carry them all myself.

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