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Snake in the grass   /sneɪk ɪn ðə græs/   Listen
Snake in the grass

noun
1.
A deceitful or treacherous person.  Synonym: snake.






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"Snake in the grass" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bitterest pangs were those who perceived too late that they themselves had contributed to this hated splendor by trading tickets to Tom for the wealth he had amassed in selling whitewashing privileges. These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass. ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... indictment for attempted murder and for highway robbery, this man was not satisfied with having tried to kill from ambush the best friend Alaska had ever known. In every report that he sent to Washington he was dealing underhanded blows at the prosperity of Alaska. He was a snake in the grass, and as such every decent man ought ...
— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine



Words linked to "Snake in the grass" :   bad person, snake



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