här ligger en hund begraven
التعريفات والمعاني
== Swedish ==
=== 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.
=== Verb ===
ligga en hund begraven (present ligger en hund begraven, preterite låg en hund begraven, supine legat en hund begraven)
(idiomatic) for there to be something fishy and suspicious at hand
==== See also ====
ana ugglor i mossen
=== References ===
hund in Svensk ordbok (SO)
hund in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)