something is up
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Phrase edit
- (informal) Something off-putting or suspicious is in the air.
Further reading edit
- “something is up”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “something is up” (US) / “something is up” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “something's up”, in Collins English Dictionary.