tener la mosca detrás de la oreja

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Etymology[edit]

Literally, have the fly behind one's ear.

Verb[edit]

tener la mosca detrás de la oreja (first-person singular present tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja, first-person singular preterite tuve la mosca detrás de la oreja, past participle tenido la mosca detrás de la oreja)

  1. (idiomatic) to smell a rat

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