snake in the grass

Betekenis (Engels)

A hidden enemy.

Sinonieme

snake

🐍

Vertalings

falsche Schlange

geheimer Feind

verborgene Gefahr

φίδι

serpent

🐍

serpe

🐍

serpente

🐍

vipera

aspide

perigo oculto

pessoa traiçoeira

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsneɪk ɪn ðə ˈɡɹɑːs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Calque of Latin latet anguis in herbā (literally “a snake hides in the grass”), from Eclogue III by the Roman poet Virgil (traditionally 70 – 19 B.C.E.). Compare Dutch addertje onder het gras.