Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
somethings a foot
English answer:
something is afoot
Added to glossary by
Margaret Lagoyianni
Jun 3, 2002 22:46
21 yrs ago
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English term
Bulgaria
Native in: Bulgarian 
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, and 1 more.
somethings a foot
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somethings a foot
//it's juts one line, no sentence, again about the guy with the concrete shoes...
//it's juts one line, no sentence, again about the guy with the concrete shoes...
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Margaret Lagoyianni
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Never give up 'til you've got it right!
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, English
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something is afoot
Something suspicious is about to happen or likely to happen in the future.
A common English expression
A common English expression
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5 mins
Petra Molenaar
Experienced interpreter/legal translator
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands)
Works in: Dutch, English to Dutch, Dutch to English, and 1 more.
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something is afoot; if something is then it is already happening (but often happening secretly
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Petra
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Note added at 2002-06-03 22:53:27 (GMT)
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should read if something is afoot then it is laready happening....
Petra
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Note added at 2002-06-03 22:53:27 (GMT)
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should read if something is afoot then it is laready happening....
Reference:
http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/news/words/business/010525.shtml
7 mins
something significant is about to occur
See the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of Holmes favorite expressions was "the game's afoot", things are happening, we'ld better do something.
1 day 1 hr
Paraskevi Brunson
United States
United States
United States
On target and on time!
Native in: Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek
the guy with the concrete shoes...is the key here.
When someone has concrete shoes, unfortunatley, means that the person wearing the concrete around his feet was or is being dropped into a river, lake or other waterway that will hide his drowned corps.
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