| 单词 | snake in the grass |
| 例句 | I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I’d ever loved anyone, and I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thinking he’d been spooked by a snake in the grass, I whispered, “What do you see?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Grand plays the tenor saxophone in a leery, elusive tone, sometimes using short, terse phrases, sometimes wriggling like a snake in the grass. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Franklin was uncompromising and often dismissive, but it is Watson who emerges as the snake in the grass. Review | Three great new audiobooks for your holiday drive 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z That temptation to stake a claim, to occupy valuable space, is the slithering snake in the grass that’s making everyone in Eden bonkers. T Magazine: Stranger Than Paradise 2013-05-10T21:59:01Z But this is much more than a story of a snake in the grass. Man Booker 2012: Shortlist at a glance 2012-09-11T15:43:40Z She spotted a snake in the grass one afternoon. The Treasure Hunters of Block Island 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The kids caught snakes in the grass, and the men caught salmon in the creek. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z "You've got to be on the lookout for the snakes in the grass." Picking a fair Florida jury for Donald Trump could prove a herculean task 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z No small part of the bouncy charm of “Oliver!” is that the snakes in the grass have all the lines. How to watch every best picture winner from 1960 through 1969 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “Why is it that the screen Chinese is nearly always the villain of the piece, and so cruel a villain-murderous, treacherous, a snake in the grass. We are not like that.” Hollywood trailblazer Anna May Wong to be first Asian American featured on U.S. currency 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z “Why is it that the screen Chinese is nearly always the villain of the piece, and so cruel a villain — murderous, treacherous, a snake in the grass,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 1933. Anna May Wong, star of silent film era, to be first Asian-American featured on U.S. currency 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z She voted for President Trump and thinks Mr. Biden and other Democrats like Hillary Clinton are “snakes in the grass.” A Nation Votes for Joe Biden, and a Red State Shrugs 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z But even the most intense questioning could miss Mr Mendell's aforementioned "snakes in the grass". Picking a fair Florida jury for Donald Trump could prove a herculean task 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z His early order closing businesses and requiring masks brought accusations that he was a political “snake in the grass.” Moderate Tulsa mayor faces fierce political crosscurrents 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z His early order closing businesses and requiring masks brought accusations that he was a political “snake in the grass.” Moderate Tulsa mayor faces fierce political crosscurrents 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z “Clearly Doug is a snake in the grass and hopefully the Federal Trade Commission hammers him,” one member of the group wrote. The government says this backpack is a fraud, but the creator says he’s just a failure 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Banks recently sent Collins’s constituents a letter calling him a “disgrace” and a “snake in the grass.” The Chaotic Triumph of Arron Banks, the “Bad Boy of Brexit” 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “No one’s really seeing us, almost like a snake in the grass. Our goal is to end up biting somebody at the end of the day and making them pay.” Vols believe they can thrive amid lack of preseason acclaim 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Denouncing his former friend as a “snake in the grass”, he declared that “if his car broke down and I saw him thumbing a lift, I wouldn’t pick him up, I’d run him over”. The Joy of Six: unpopular transfers 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Then that announcer offers that if James spurns Cleveland again, “I’ll stomp on him like a snake in the grass.” Cleveland Hopes LeBron James Does Not Break Its Heart Again 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But it was my colleague Ron Judd who spotted the real snake in the grass. Seattle nice is not the NBA way 2013-05-01T02:46:51Z He called him a "rattlesnake" and a "snake in the grass". The Joy of Six: Nottingham Forest v Derby County memories 2013-01-18T08:59:01Z The D-Backs are the snakes in the grass, just four games back after beating LA three out of four heading before the break. White Sox and Pirates surprise, while Yankees and Rangers roll on 2012-07-10T15:37:47Z Why should we let them loose to lie like snakes in the grass and bite at us? The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z Ole devil like a snake in the grass, Sunshine in my soul, He’s always in some sister’s path, Sunshine in my soul. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z "May you be preserved from accident," he would say; "from wild beasts, from snags in the path and snakes in the grass, and return with great plenty." Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Figure to yourself, my dear," groaned Madame de Vaux, after a refreshing pinch of snuff, "that though we have had little disturbance here so far, we are surrounded by snakes in the grass. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The snake in the grass, whose existence puzzled the gentry so. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z "Yes, snake in the grass!" repeated she, lashed to imprudence by resentment. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Satan is a snake in the grass and a hunting dog. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z But there it was, like a snake in the grass! Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z 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. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Then the snake in the grass--the Judas--was Terence--her own cousin! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Who the devil is she anyway if not a black snake in the grass, deployed by white capital to sow discord among blacks? SA editor quits over column row 2011-08-04T14:11:16Z "Latet anguis in herb�--there is a snake in the grass, as the saying goes: Satan has his imps everywhere." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z "He is a detestable snake in the grass, then!" Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Cynthia is a real snake in the grass, and can do a lot of mischief by fastening the crime on an innocent person. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z What a snake in the grass, with his clever military plan and pinchbeck enthusiasm! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z “It was like a snake in the grass and they struck.” Price of Tomatoes Has a Lot to Do With These Thefts 2011-04-15T01:50:08Z I always said she was a snake in the grass! Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Recently, Ms. Collbran received an e-mail message from her mother calling her a “snake in the grass.” Breaking With Scientology 2010-03-06T23:30:00Z Didn’t I stand by thee when all ta town was again thee, fowt for thee, looked on thee as my son, and you turn and sting me like a cowardly snake in the grass?” The Parson O' Dumford I lay there like a snake in the grass and it thrilled me! Bye-Ways So intent had he been upon his thoughts, and on watching the klip-springer, that, crawling like snakes in the grass, they had been able to surround him unperceived. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising In such wise was the venom drop injected by these snakes in the grass fostered and educated all unknowingly by the agencies of philanthropy and civilisation. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising "Ugh! hunt him long time; now find, make give up what snake in the grass steal away from teepee in reservation!" he grunted, disconsolately. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine Ay, ay, snakes in the grass, just so!" muttered the Friar; "but this youth will be back presently, and let him not hear you talk such silly nonsense. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas “Yes, I lay there like a snake in the grass.” Bye-Ways There was a snake in the grass; it is obvious that Henley, in improving literature and philosophy, had a deeper design—to set up a new sect! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors He is a snake in the grass, who has ruined my sister, and covered our family with shame. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller "True," said I. "We shall learn if a snake in the grass can with freedom bite the foot of a lion." The O'Ruddy A Romance But I hates, as I do the devil, your snakes in the grass, your smooth-chopped fellows, who hears all and never says nothing, so as how you can’t tell whether he is fish or flesh. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI No snake in the grass is more silent and no fox is more stealthily alert than a black-fellow creeping on an enemy. In the Musgrave Ranges This fellow is a snake in the grass. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise Old Satan's just like a snake in the grass, He's a-watching for to bite you as you pass. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study "He was a snake in the grass from the start." The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice “There p. 111must be a snake in the grass somewhere,” it was wittily remarked, “for the Jesuits were never so excited when only the glory of God was at stake.” Pascal We might all perish then, with no hope of quarter from these men whom we were lying in wait for like snakes in the grass. A Village of Vagabonds The German submarine rolled lazily in complete isolation, waiting, like a snake in the grass, for its prey. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War “I’m going to put this check into the hands of Mr. Chalmers, so Mr. Robert don’t get cheated by any yellow-livered snake in the grass!” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man "I think Merwell is a regular snake in the grass—his actions at the ranch prove it—and Jasniff is no better." Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall A snake in the grass is worth two in the boot. Humour of the North I feel like a snake in the grass, walking off “on them” when they all were so nice. Working With the Working Woman We have all heard of snakes in the grass. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 “But we don’t want her, a hateful little snake in the grass like that!” the girl flung out angrily. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story It chanced at this time that there was a “snake in the grass” not far off. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains "When did you first become a snake in the grass?" We Three "We ought not to permit such a snake in the grass to exist in dear old Dorfield," she told her girl associates. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls 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. The Gorilla Hunters It was on this very knoll that Rushing River and Eaglenose lay, like snakes in the grass. The Prairie Chief I am sad because two of my chief officers are snakes in the grass. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale “They are approaching as stealthily as the snake in the grass,” answered Winnemak. In the Rocky Mountains And to think of them Gobblealls being so sly, such snakes in the grass, as to try to get her away, unknownst! The Carbonels Everyone despises me in this school, and I’ve an enemy, a secret enemy, who is hiding like a snake in the grass. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story Stanley was a snake in the grass in the next reign as well as this, and at last expiated his double treason too late upon the scaffold. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. He is a mere upstart, and he will prove a snake in the grass unless you watch him. Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier He looks to me like a snake in the grass. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier It was the same with the big snake in the grass jungle. Son of Power He was a snake in the grass, and as such every decent man ought to hold him in scorn. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North "They are approaching as stealthily as the snake in the grass," answered Winnemak. In the Rocky Mountains A Tale of Adventure As for the people, “the mass, as a snake in the grass,” who had worshiped him before, now rose up to do him harm. Memorials of the Faithful Nevertheless, like a snake in the grass, the insidious desire will creep into the soul of one or other of the two. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance Dying, bitten by a snake in the grass as she flees from danger, she descends to Hades. Among Famous Books A jealous person always sees a "snake in the grass." A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister I surprise the old folks at home—All well—Is Priscilla false—We meet—The missing letters—A snake in the grass—Dreams of vengeanceCHAPTER XXI. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles I want to warn you that so far as your further progress is concerned, there is a snake in the grass somewhere. Nobody's Man Because wherever we go or move," he said, "there will always be the snake in the grass. A People's Man If you mean that I ought to grin at him, as he does at me, the snake in the grass—" "I don't mean that, of course. Mrs. Red Pepper One part of this humour lies in the dialect, which is Venetian; but there was a concealed stroke of satire, a snake in the grass. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The learned Ménage was the only member of the society who had the good sense to detect the drift; he perceived the snake in the grass. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions "Arnold Baxter can do you no more harm, but the others will be worse than snakes in the grass." The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat "Sneaking snake in the grass," muttered the oldest director, yet without his wonted vim. Bunker Bean "He sees a snake in the grass," he thought lazily "Who's 'Aurelius'?" Lewis Rand We both felt it, as if we had detected a snake in the grass by its rattle. The Doctor's Dilemma Once, on encountering her, he had paused, but Cuckoo glided behind two large Frenchwomen and escaped with the adroitness of a snake in the grass. Flames Ours was that of the birds, singing to the sky and careless of the snake in the grass so long as they can pipe their tune. At a Winter's Fire They said things to each other and at Christine which were quiet and deadly as the rustle of a snake in the grass. The Dark House It means snakes in the grass; it means savages, or in other words veiled and poisonous hatreds and bitter foes, or, still worse, treacherous friends. Regeneration Before, under cover of a French novel, he was a snake in the grass, now he is a snake hopping along on the tip of his tail. The Captain's Toll-Gate "He's a snake in the grass, and'll bite some of us some of these times, before we know any thing about it," said Joe. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Tom Reade threw off the fellow's arm, exclaiming, warningly: "If you touch me again, you snake in the grass, I'll reduce you to powder with a fist that's fairly aching to hit you!" The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers That man, Sir, was a snake in the grass—a serpent—a crocodile! Castles in the Air He was always the snake in the grass; he showed the villain in all the scenes. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections He found a snake in the grass, and killed it. Primitive Love and Love-Stories I doubt the possibility of such a snake in the grass as Lieutenant Seymour carrying on without getting kicked. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 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. The Red Rover I afterwards ascertained that perceiving us to be approaching her, this craft had lain like a snake in the grass, under bare poles, until she thought us sufficiently near, when she made sail in chase. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" And thou, like a snake in the grass, hast been sticking out thy tongue behind my back. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Black-headed snakes in the grass Struck at the fleet-footed lord— Still is his voice at the pass, Soundless his step at the ford. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens If he could not hope to dance with her, at least the men inside—at least this snake in the grass from down the country—should not have that privilege. The House Behind the Cedars "He's your enemy—a snake in the grass—a malicious, poisonous——" Norman's quiet, even laugh interrupted. The Grain of Dust "That boy Jasper is a snake in the grass," he said. Cast Upon the Breakers We dashed across the open spaces and down the slopes unmindful of possible snakes in the grass, until we reached the woods. Before Adam I'm so shocked, so horrified, finding her a snake in the grass.' Love's Shadow He started as one who sees snakes in the grass. The Gem Collector He was always something of a snake in the grass to his poetic victims. Henrik Ibsen Look out for the snakes in the grass, but don't mind these. Seven O'Clock Stories "He's a snake in the grass," said Tom. Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. You have taken a snake in the grass to your bosom, if that is what you are up for. Erema — My Father's Sin Kiss me—forgive me—we'll throw this snake in the grass out of the window and forget it. A Terrible Secret It was an adder, verily a snake in the grass and flowers. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies If ever I find this slimy, slithery snake in the grass, he had better make all the necessary arrangements at his favourite nursing-home without delay, because I am going to be very rough with him. Right Ho, Jeeves No more than the bite of a harmless snake in the grass. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" But what else could you expect from that snake in the grass? The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup Harder than stone is his unfeeling heart; sharper than the adder's poison-fangs are his words; a snake in the grass is he!' The Story of Siegfried He looks to me like snake in the grass. Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns There is a snake in the grass, a worm in the gourd; some sin in thy bosom, for the sake of which God doth thus deal with thee. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 He's a G— d—— snake in the grass, that's what he is. Viola Gwyn Ferris is only a snake in the grass, a coward, and a cur! The Midnight Passenger : a novel "I declare, he is worse than a snake in the grass." The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune "Yes, you do know what she means, you little black snake in the grass," whispered one of the girls in her ear while pretending to put a box upon the shelf. Without a Home And the cur began to creep again, like a snake in the grass; and the others crept too, and little Satan crept, though it was all a sad mystery to him. Short Stories for English Courses But, alas, for my white face and too trustful nature! this Ali bin Salim turned out to be a snake in the grass, a very sore thorn in my side. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley He now loathed the memory of Arthur Ferris as the slimy snake in the grass; and yet he resisted his desire to shove all the traitor's traps into a storage warehouse. The Midnight Passenger : a novel He believed him to be a snake in the grass. He Knew He Was Right You are a mean, p'ismis little black snake in the grass. Without a Home "I'm sure the newspapers have mentioned as many as twenty that are down there, and here is one, lying behind Montauk, like a snake in the grass!" Jack Tier Next, lying on my stomach, I dug the large flowering plant up, and holding it by its roots in front of myself, I crawled toward my quarry, as a snake in the grass. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales "A snake in the grass—that is what Madame think." The Judgment House I think he is a dangerous friend;—what I call a snake in the grass. He Knew He Was Right "Like the snake in the grass, he is very ready with his sting when we seek to disclose him." Love-at-Arms The old king's mind is poisoned against his noble son by the whisperings of a malignant and envious minister—a snake in the grass—a fly in the ointment of Prince Ahmad's beatitude! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 She fled, and in flying trod upon a snake in the grass, was bitten in the foot and died. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable He said that Paris was full of snakes in the grass, of which he had had bitter experience. The Good Soldier A snake in the grass: sap drey bor, a snake in the hedge. Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language The war party, with a better appreciation of how names and things should be connected, used their own descriptive "Copperhead" in its Page 60 appropriate meaning of a poisonous snake in the grass behind. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray What were these things that approached, silently, stealthily—like snakes in the grass? The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Soames felt himself, not a snake in the grass, but a benefactor—a friend in need—a champion come to the defense of an unhappy and persecuted woman. The Yellow Claw Wherefore one race rules, and the other languishes, pursuant to her judgment, which is occult as the snake in the grass. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell "There's a snake in the grass somewhere," answered Solonet, in a low voice, replying to the Italian proverb with a French one. The Marriage Contract An opposition committee, backed by the snakes in the grass of the secret societies, at once wrote to Lincoln demanding release. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray Such snakes in the grass are equal to anything. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians They dropped the hose which, half unreeled, lay like some twisted snake in the grass. Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas When he stings like a snake in the grass remember the chief's words. Betty Zane "The white savage is a snake in the grass." The Spirit of the Border The sense of something evil, lurking beneath the play of wit, is like the knowledge that there are snakes in the grass. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things |
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