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

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

From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max

I afterwards ascertained that perceiving us to be approaching her, this craft had lain like a snake in the grass, under bare poles, until she thought us sufficiently near, when she made sail in chase.

From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by Cooper, James Fenimore

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

From Betty Zane by Grey, Zane

"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