encerrado
under lock and key.
Rather than the luminous deity that appears elsewhere in medieval literature, he presents a character who resembles the jealous husband of the fabliaux who keeps a young wife under lock and key and who responds violently when he is cuckolded.
aquí hay gato encerrado
there's more to it than meets the eye
there's more to the picture than meets the eye
So don't be too hasty to write it off - there's more to it than meets the eye.
Despite this common sense observation, most economists have failed to see that 'there's more to the picture than meets the eye', as Neil Young once sang.
encerrado en sí mismo
inward-looking
closeted
The profession has become very inward-looking, and only a few articles, written about libraries and librarians by librarians have had an impact on non-librarians.
The play 'A Song at twilight' tells the story of an embittered, closeted, world-famous writer who is faced with his murky past in the shape of his early mistress.
encerrado en su torre de marfil
ivory-towered
Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.
estar encerrado en celda de aislamiento
be in solitary confinement
Alone in a cell for years or even decades, more than 80000 Americans are estimated to be in solitary confinement.
haber gato encerrado
smell + a rat
smell + fishy
sound + fishy
'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper.
Something smells fishy alright but I'm starting to think it's the smell of plans gone seriously awry.
It sounds fishy to me - I would steer clear of this and use your $850 to invest in a mutual fund.
oler a gato encerrado
smell + a rat
smell + fishy
sound + fishy
'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper.
Something smells fishy alright but I'm starting to think it's the smell of plans gone seriously awry.
It sounds fishy to me - I would steer clear of this and use your $850 to invest in a mutual fund.