like a snake in the grass
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We're like a snake in the grass at a Sunday picnic.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When he stings like a snake in the grass remember the chief's words.
From Betty Zane by Grey, Zane
She was a long, black ship, lying low in the water, like a snake in the grass, with a desperate wicked look, and altogether of dishonest dimensions.
From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
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.