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
Without waiting for a reply, my companion threw himself on his breast, and began to creep over the plain like a snake in the grass.
From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
I lay there like a snake in the grass and it thrilled me!
From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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
