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

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

And the cur began to creep again, like a snake in the grass; and the others crept too, and little Satan crept, though it was all a sad mystery to him.

From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding

The German submarine rolled lazily in complete isolation, waiting, like a snake in the grass, for its prey.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.