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snake in the grass
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snake in the grass
a sneaky and despised person. How could I ever have trusted that snake in the grass? John is such a snake in the grass.
See also: grass, snake


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Leonardo DiCaprio continues to mature as an actor, reveling in the ambiguities of his character, and there is strong work too from Matt Damon as his nemesis: two snakes in the grass who must decide whether to bite, or be bitten.
But their cricket lacked intensity, and man-of-the-match Tresco admitted: "It didn't feel like a oneday international - with all due respect, we are used to bigger arenas in England and it felt more like a festival ground "There were a few fumbles in the field, and we know we will need to improve over the next few days, but sometimes the ball wobbled as it came to you like snakes in the grass.
Residents had also been troubled by snakes in the grass and one man was bitten by an adder.
 
 
 
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