"ligga en hund begraven" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Forms: ligger en hund begraven [present], låg en hund begraven [preterite], legat en hund begraven [supine]
Etymology: From ligga (“lie”) + en (“a”) + hund (“dog”) + begraven (“buried”), a calque of German da liegt der Hund begraben, of uncertain origin. Compare French y avoir anguille sous roche and Spanish haber gato encerrado. Etymology templates: {{af|sv|ligga|en|hund|begraven|t1=lie|t2=a|t3=dog|t4=buried}} ligga (“lie”) + en (“a”) + hund (“dog”) + begraven (“buried”), {{clq|sv|de|da liegt der Hund begraben|nocap=1}} calque of German da liegt der Hund begraben, {{m+|fr|y avoir anguille sous roche}} French y avoir anguille sous roche, {{m+|es|haber gato encerrado}} Spanish haber gato encerrado Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|ligger en hund begraven|preterite|låg en hund begraven|supine|legat en hund begraven||-|head=ligga en hund begraven}} ligga en hund begraven (present ligger en hund begraven, preterite låg en hund begraven, supine legat en hund begraven)
  1. (idiomatic) for there to be something fishy and suspicious at hand Tags: idiomatic Related terms: ana ugglor i mossen
    Sense id: en-ligga_en_hund_begraven-sv-verb-1~nLT5Zs Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ligga en hund begraven meaning in Swedish (2.4kB)

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        "2": "y avoir anguille sous roche"
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  "etymology_text": "From ligga (“lie”) + en (“a”) + hund (“dog”) + begraven (“buried”), a calque of German da liegt der Hund begraben, of uncertain origin. Compare French y avoir anguille sous roche and Spanish haber gato encerrado.",
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          "english": "The company they claim to run doesn't seem to exist. There's something fishy going on here. (\"A dog lies buried here.\")",
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