When you suspect that somebody is trying to deceive you, or that something is going on behind your back, you say, “(There’s) ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| FUNNY BUSINESS | 6 |
| SOMETHING SMELLS FISHY | 6 |
| SOMETHING ROTTEN IN DENMARK | 4 |
| SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON | 2 |
| SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK | 2 |
| SOMETHING UP | 2 |
| TWO-TIMING | 2 |
| A NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE | 1 |
| BACK STABBING | 1 |
| DIRTY WORK | 1 |
| I’M SNOOKERED | 1 |
| SOMETHING NOT RIGHT HERE | 1 |
| THERE’S A SNAKE IN THE GRASS | 1 |
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