The expression ¡Aquí hay gato encerrado! is used in situations in which there is a hidden factor that prevent us form knowing what's really going on. Therefore, it becomes a mystery, because it cannot be fully understood; something doesn't make sense. Normally is something negative that someone is trying to hide for unknown and unclear reasons. The English equivalent is There is something fishy!
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To pull someone's leg
Tomar el pelo
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There's something fishy going on
Aquí hay gato encerrado
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To show off
De cara a la galería
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To be fickle, to flip-flop
Cambiar de chaqueta o ser un "chaquetero"
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To not mince your words
No tener pelos en la lengua
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To say something without meaning it
Decir algo con la boca pequeña
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To play by the book
El agua clara y el chocolate espeso
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To swindle, cheat
Dar gato por liebre
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To take the rap
Pagar el pato
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To call a spade a spade
Al pan, pan y al vino, vino
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What a crook!
¡Qué chorizo!
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To be a charlatan
Ser un cantamañanas
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You can't take it back
Santa Rita, Rita, lo que se da, no se quita
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You made your bed, now lie in it
Que cada palo aguante su vela
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To look innocent
Tener cara de no haber roto nunca un plato
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To stick to your guns
Seguir en sus trece
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To cut to the chase
Ir al grano
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For every law there's a loophole
Hecha la ley, hecha la trampa
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To be an open book
Ser como un libro abierto
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To beat around the bush
Ir/Andar(se) por las ramas
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To be a snake in the grass
Ser una mosquita muerta
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No gimmicks, no tricks
Sin trampa ni cartón