Snake In The Grass Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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We cruise down highways 29 and 41 in Naples, driving no faster than 25 miles per hour as she looks for snakes in the grass.

From National Geographic

"You've got to be on the lookout for the snakes in the grass."

From BBC

No small part of the bouncy charm of “Oliver!” is that the snakes in the grass have all the lines.

From Los Angeles Times

Thinking he’d been spooked by a snake in the grass, I whispered, “What do you see?”

From Literature

The kids caught snakes in the grass, and the men caught salmon in the creek.

From Salon