"tener la mosca detrás de la oreja" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja [first-person, present, singular], tuve la mosca detrás de la oreja [first-person, preterite, singular], tenido la mosca detrás de la oreja [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “have the fly behind one's ear”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|have the fly behind one's ear}} “have the fly behind one's ear”, {{lit|have the fly behind one's ear}} Literally, “have the fly behind one's ear” Head templates: {{es-verb}} tener la mosca detrás de la oreja (first-person singular present tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja, first-person singular preterite tuve la mosca detrás de la oreja, past participle tenido la mosca detrás de la oreja)
  1. (idiomatic) to smell a rat Tags: idiomatic Related terms: haber gato encerrado
    Sense id: en-tener_la_mosca_detrás_de_la_oreja-es-verb-5eSBBZj- Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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