something isn’t kosher [exp]

Meaning:

• Used when you find out that someone wants to trick you and you don’t want to say it frankly or directly.

Examples:

1. The money is being expended more than materials that they have brought in the company. Something isn’t kosher here!
2. The way he avoided answering the question isn’t kosher.
3. Those results from the competition don’t seem kosher to me.
4. The rapid approval of the loan isn’t kosher; it’s worth investigating further.
5. That website offering luxury products for almost nothing doesn’t feel kosher.
6. The terms of this contract aren’t kosher; it seems deliberately misleading.
7. Their financial records don’t look kosher; something feels off.
8. He claimed he was at work, but something about his story isn’t kosher.
9. That deal they offered you doesn’t sound kosher; it might be a scam.
10. The sudden drop in prices doesn’t seem kosher to me.
11. His involvement in the deal isn’t kosher; it seems shady.
12. That antique painting doesn’t look kosher; it might be a forgery.