idiom > there is more to it than meets the eye; there's sth. behind all this
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There is much
  Explanation: Refers to the words, articles, or have revealed the phenomenon of being, the meaning is very elusive, or other circumstances
  Usage: Verb-object type; for the predicate; that have a clue
  Source: Qing Anonymous "Chivalric Heroes": "Fitch listened secretly thought to myself: 'This discourse there is much'."
  Examples: His words ~ to do.
dà yǒu wén zhāng
  A deeper meaning, there is mystery
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No. 3
  That which may make great
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  dà yǒu wén zhāng
  〖解释〗指话语、文章、或已表露的现象之中,很有令人难以捉摸的意思或别的情况。
  〖出处〗清·无名氏《三侠五义》:“艾虎听了,暗暗思忖道:‘这话语之中大有文章。’”
  〖示例〗他的话~可做。
  用 法 动宾式;作谓语;指有玄机
  近义词 弦外有音、话里有话
English Expression
  1. n.:  there is more to it than meets the eye; there's sth. behind all this
French Expression
  1.   avoir de quoi réfléchir, avoir tant de choses qui donnent à réfléchir, Il y a histoires sur histoires
Thesaurus
String sound outside, have one's tongue in one's cheek, Huazhongyouhua, pun, overtone, undertone, Gun with a stick clip, over tones, much more is meant than meets the eye, Between the lines, Tone in the illocutionary, idea which a word makes one think of in addition to the main meaning, connotation, hint, sth, suggestion
Antonym Group
come clean, See all express, Gepantuochu, empty the bag, Dare dare, Chang do as, contention of a hundred schools of thought, Made no endless
Containing Phrases
Thereby hangs a tale.