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

"I'm sure the newspapers have mentioned as many as twenty that are down there, and here is one, lying behind Montauk, like a snake in the grass!"

From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore

Nevertheless, like a snake in the grass, the insidious desire will creep into the soul of one or other of the two.

From Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance by Cameron, H. Lovett, Mrs.

He looks to me like a snake in the grass.

From The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier by Sherman, V. T.

So still was he that a weasel came along the green path, his neck erect like a snake in the grass, stopped, looked him straight in the eyes, and went by without fear.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard