SNAKE IN THE GRASS

Meaning of SNAKE IN THE GRASS in English

Secret enemy, treacherous person.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012

SNAKE IN THE GRASS — Date: 1696 a secretly faithless friend
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — 1. : a lurking or unsuspected danger 2. : a secretly faithless friend
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — 1. a treacherous person, esp. one who feigns friendship. 2. a concealed danger. [ 1690-1700 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — treacherous person, dangerous and deceitful person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — Date: 1696 : a secretly faithless friend
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — 1696 : a secretly faithless friend
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — [snake in the grass] (1696): a secretly faithless friend
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — Synonyms and related words : Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, abomination, archtraitor, atrocity, bad, bane, befoulment, betrayer, blight, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — {n. phr.}, {informal} A person who cannot be trusted; an unfaithful traitor; rascal. * /Did Harry tell you that? He's …
Slang English vocab
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — TRAITOR, turncoat, betrayer, informer, back-stabber, double-crosser, quisling, Judas; fraudster, trickster, charlatan; informal two-timer, rat. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — {n. phr.}, {informal} A person who cannot be trusted; an unfaithful traitor; rascal. * /Did Harry tell you that? He's …
Словарь английских идиом
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — an enemy who pretends to be a friend You should be careful of her even if she seems very nice. …
English Idioms vocab
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — n. phr. , informal A person who cannot be trusted; an unfaithful traitor; rascal. Did Harry tell you that? He's …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — скрытая опасность, скрытый враг, змея подколодная
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SNAKE IN THE GRASS — скрытая опасность, скрытый враг, змея подколодная
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SNAKE — I Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Английский словарь Британика
GRASS — I Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae), Cyperaceae ( rush es). …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk, dial ˈsnek noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRASS — I. ˈgras, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE — — snakelike , adj. /snayk/ , n. , v. , snaked, snaking . n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS — — grassless , adj. — grasslike , adj. — grassward, grasswards , adv. adj. /gras, grahs/ , n. 1. any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner, glide; drag
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRASS — v. cover with grass; feed grass to livestock; produce grass; inform on (British Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRASS — I. ˈgras noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE — vi to crawl like a snake. 2. snake ·vt to drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; …
Webster English vocab
GRASS — vi to produce grass. 2. grass ·noun the season of fresh grass; spring. 3. grass ·vt to cover with grass …
Webster English vocab
SNAKE — [snake] n [ME, fr. OE snaca; akin to ON snakr snake, OHG snahhan to crawl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRASS — [grass] n, often attrib [ME gras, fr. OE graes; akin to OHG gras grass, OE growan to grow] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE — also called serpent, any member of the reptile group Serpentes, with the Sauria (lizards) and Amphisbaenia (wormlike amphisbaenians), one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — snake, Snake BrE AmE sneɪk ▷ snaked sneɪkt ▷ snakes sneɪks ▷ snaking ˈsneɪk ɪŋ ▶ ˈ snake ˌ charmer …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRASS — grass, Grass BrE AmE ɡrɑːs § ɡræs AmE ɡræs —German [ ɡras ] ▷ grassed ɡrɑːst § ɡræst AmE ɡræst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAKE — / sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — / grɑːs; NAmE græs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a common wild plant with narrow green …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. snake 1 /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snaca ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRASS — I. grass 1 S2 W2 /ɡrɑːs $ ɡræs/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: græs ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRASS — n. & v. n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Oxford English vocab
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1. a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Oxford English vocab
GRASS — ( grasses, grassing, grassed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Grass is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES garter snake grass snake poisonous snake ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRASS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES artificial grass ▪ artificial grass tennis courts dry grass ▪ There had been no …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. black snake coral snake garter snake hognose snake indigo snake king snake rat snake sea snake Snake River water …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRASS — n. bear grass bent grass couch grass quack grass Grass Günter Wilhelm
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRASS — Synonyms and related words : Bengal grass, DET, DMT, English rye grass, Italian rye grass, Kentucky bluegrass, LSD, Mary Jane, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ one of the world's deadliest ~s ▪ poisonous , venomous ▪ giant , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GRASS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ coarse , rough , thick ▪ soft ▪ lush ▪ long , tall ▪ short …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRASS — n. 25B6; noun he sat down on the grass : TURF, sod; lawn, green. See list. (informal) they smoked grass. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist 2 snake in the grass, traitor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass ≈ косить траву high, tall grass ≈ высокая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — snake.ogg 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRASS — grass.ogg _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SNAKE — snake сущ.1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SNAKE — 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Dictionary of English Synonyms

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