Be fishy

Be fishy

Meaning:

Seem not to be true / honest; be suspicioius

If a situation or something/someone is fishy, you mean it seems someone is not completely honest or someething is not true.


Example:

I was offered an unbelievably good business opportunity, but there was something fishy about it.

A lot of strange people are coming in and out of the house recently. There's something fishy going on.