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词组 a snake in the grass
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a snake in the grass
someone who pretends to be your friend while secretly doing things to harm you.
It's upsetting to learn that someone you once viewed as a good colleague is in fact a snake in the grass.
idioma snake in the grassused about someone who pretends to be your friend but does something to harm you:She knew what she was doing, that snake in the grass! And she's succeeded in making me lose my home!Cardelli was trying to get money out of Dad - I always thought he was a slimy snake in the grass.

snake in the grass

One who feigns friendship with the intent to deceive. Did you hear that Daria's best friend stole money from her bank account? What a snake in the grass.

a snake in the grass

If you describe someone as a snake in the grass, you mean they are false because they pretend to be your friend while actually harming you. He's a snake in the grass — a guy you really can't trust. Note: This phrase was first used by the Roman poet Virgil in his work `The Eclogues' to refer to a hidden danger.

a snake in the grass

a treacherous or deceitful person.
Since the late 17th century this expression has entirely superseded the earlier idiom a pad in the straw . Pad is an old dialect term for a toad, an animal that was formerly thought to be poisonous.

a ˌsnake in the ˈgrass

(disapproving) a person who pretends to be your friend but who cannot be trusted: We used to be friends, but who knew he’d turn out to be such a snake in the grass?
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