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

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

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

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

From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max