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

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)

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

When he stings like a snake in the grass remember the chief's words.

From Betty Zane by Grey, Zane