like a snake in the grass

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We're like a snake in the grass at a Sunday picnic.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

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

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.