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 with some people, Mawruss, they're like a snake in the grass, which it bites the hand that feeds it."

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague

You've crawled in between me and Nelly like a snake in the grass.

From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max

And thou, like a snake in the grass, hast been sticking out thy tongue behind my back.

From The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

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

From Betty Zane by Grey, Zane