treacherous+person
31snake in the grass — noun A treacherous person …
32Downing Street — No. 10 Downing Street has been the official residence of the prime minister since 1735, when George II gave it to Sir Horace Walpole to serve for that purpose. Downing Street is a street leading off Whitehall and a synonym for the British… …
33snake — {{11}}snake (n.) O.E. snaca, from P.Gmc. *snakon (Cf. O.N. snakr snake, Swed. snok, Ger. Schnake ring snake ), from PIE root *snag , *sneg to crawl, creeping thing (Cf. O.Ir. snaighim to creep, Lith. snake snail, O.H.G. sn …
34dingo — [ dɪŋgəʊ] noun (plural dingoes or dingos) 1》 a wild or semi domesticated Australian dog with a sandy coloured coat. [Canis dingo.] 2》 Austral. informal a cowardly or treacherous person. Origin C18: from Dharuk din gu domesticated dingo …
35serpent — noun 1》 chiefly literary a large snake. ↘a dragon or other mythical snake like reptile. ↘(the Serpent) a biblical name for Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20). ↘a sly or treacherous person. 2》 historical a bass wind instrument made of leather …
36viper — [ vʌɪpə] noun 1》 a venomous snake with large hinged fangs, typically with dark patterns on a lighter background. [Vipera berus (the adder) and other species, family Viperidae.] 2》 a spiteful or treacherous person. Derivatives viperine rʌɪn… …
37weasel — noun 1》 a small, slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat. [Mustela nivalis and other species.] ↘Irish term for stoat. 2》 informal a deceitful or treacherous person. verb (weasels, weaselling, weaselled; US weasels,… …
38snake in the grass — Secret enemy, treacherous person …
39snake — [[t]sneɪk[/t]] n. v. snaked, snak•ing 1) ram any limbless, scaly, elongate reptile of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species 2) a treacherous person; an insidious enemy 3) bui (in plumbing) a device for dislodging… …
40snake in the grass — snake′ in the grass n. 1) a treacherous person, esp. one who feigns friendship 2) a concealed danger • Etymology: 1690–1700 …
