"Let the bread not smell us under our arm", "They have smelled the bread under our arm", "As they smell the bread under our arm. . . . " , this expression is used to express that during a deal, a sale, a negotiation, a work, a reform etc. . . we must ensure that the other, or other parties, do not know that we have enough money to pay what they ask of us, or that we have a significant amount of money.
