Wir haben 'ne Leiche im Keller

[ammarsa25]

In the last episode of "Tatort" from 17.01, they found a dead body outside the house during diggin works. The following was in the fifth minute:

Person A: Wir haben 'ne Leiche im Keller.
Person B: Am Keller, die ist außen.

Is it "etw im Keller haben" an idiom? or did he mean the basement itself? And why did Person B correct it from "im ... " to "am ..."?

 

[DonHolgo]

"Eine Leiche im Keller haben" is an idiom: to have a dark secret or guilt from the past.

B corrected it because the body was not literally in the basement.

 

[Schlabberlatz]

"Eine Leiche im Keller haben" is an idiom: to have a dark secret or guilt from the past.

Is it "etw im Keller haben" an idiom?

Why don’t you look it up?

eine Leiche im Keller haben umg fig have a skeleton in the cupboard;
leiche im keller - Wörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch - WordReference.com

 

[bearded]

the body was not literally in the basement.

I feel that in the TV dialogue the idiom did not apply.

 

[JClaudeK]

I feel that in the TV dialogue the idiom did not apply.

Nicht direkt, aber mMn. ist es doch als "witzige" Anspielung auf die Redewendung gemeint.