Att ha en räv bakom örat
Meaning: To be cunning and sly.
Language: Swedish
Literally: To have a fox behind the ear
Category: Animals
Origin: A fox hidden just behind the ear pictures concealed craftiness ready to spring.
More idioms — Animals
- Mieć węża w kieszeni — To be very stingy.
- تمخض الجبل فولد فأرا (tamakhaḍa al-jabalu fa-walada fa'ran) — A huge fuss producing a tiny result.
- مرغ همسایه غاز است (morgh-e hamsāye ghāz ast) — The grass is always greener next door.
- A umbla cu cioara vopsită — To try to deceive people with falsehoods.
- Ići niz dlaku — To go smoothly and agreeably.
- Að fara í geitarhús að leita ullar — To seek something where it can't possibly be found.
More Swedish idioms
- Att smita från notan — To dodge paying or shirk responsibility.
- Att sätta sig på tvären — To be obstinate and refuse to cooperate.
- ge järnet — Exert maximum effort; give one's all.
- ta sig vatten över huvudet — Get in over one's head; take on more than one can manage.
- under kniven — Undergoing surgery, or under intense pressure to perform.
- fjällen falla från någons ögon — To suddenly understand something that was previously hidden or obscured.
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