like a snake in the grass
Example Sentences
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We're like a snake in the grass at a Sunday picnic.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there it was, like a snake in the grass!
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Everyone despises me in this school, and I’ve an enemy, a secret enemy, who is hiding like a snake in the grass.
From Etheldreda the Ready A School Story by Horrell, Charles
I afterwards ascertained that perceiving us to be approaching her, this craft had lain like a snake in the grass, under bare poles, until she thought us sufficiently near, when she made sail in chase.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by Cooper, James Fenimore
I lay there like a snake in the grass and it thrilled me!
From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe
