When to Use Snake in the Grass?

If you describe someone as a snake in the grass, you mean they are false because they pretend to be your friend while actually harming you. He's a snake in the grass — a guy you really can't trust. Note: This phrase was first used by the Roman poet Virgil in his work `The Eclogues' to refer to a hidden danger.

Why do we say snake in the grass?

The term snake in the grass was first used by the poet Virgil in the third Eclogue is the line latet anguis in herba, which means “a snake lurks in the grass.” Around 1290, the phrase migrated to England as the Latin proverb cum totum fecisse putas, latet anguis in herba, which means “Though everything looks clean, a ...

What is snake in the grass game?

If a “snakes” tag someone, the person becomes a “snake”. Everyone can only run on within the carpeted area boundaries. If someone runs out of the boundaries, they automatically become “snakes”. ... Once you say “Snake In the Grass”, the game begins and everyone can run around.