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

He looks to me like a snake in the grass.

From The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier by Sherman, V. T.

But there it was, like a snake in the grass!

From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

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.

She was a long, black ship, lying low in the water, like a snake in the grass, with a desperate wicked look, and altogether of dishonest dimensions.

From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore