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

Ole devil like a snake in the grass, Sunshine in my soul, He’s always in some sister’s path, Sunshine in my soul.

From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Odum, Howard W.

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)

"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

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