be fishy
be fishy
informal To be highly dubious or suspicious; to seem not to be aboveboard. I don't know if you should buy the car. The guy selling it was being really fishy the whole time. Don't you think it's a little fishy how eager he is to be in charge of the accounts? A: "Their numbers don't match up with the taxes they've paid." B: "Hmm, something's fishy then."
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