a snake in the grass
- Nghĩa tiếng Việt
- Kẻ phản bội
- Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
- A deceitful person who seems trustworthy but is secretly working against you.
Ví dụ: He smiled to my face, but he was really a snake in the grass.

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Các thành ngữ về động vật dùng để mô tả tính cách và trở ngại, như a snake in the grass, a bull in a china shop và a fly in the ointment.

Ví dụ: He smiled to my face, but he was really a snake in the grass.

Ví dụ: He handled the negotiations like a bull in a china shop, offending everyone.

Ví dụ: His constant tapping on the desk really gets my goat.

Ví dụ: You can argue about it till the cows come home, but I won't change my mind.

Ví dụ: The fashion industry can be a dog-eat-dog world.

Ví dụ: Fax machines have largely gone the way of the dodo.

Ví dụ: Trying to convince him again would just be flogging a dead horse.

Ví dụ: Firing your best staff to save money is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Ví dụ: Letting one intern set company policy is the tail wagging the dog.

Ví dụ: Buying furniture before signing the lease is putting the cart before the horse.

Ví dụ: Falling insect numbers are a canary in the coal mine for the whole system.

Ví dụ: The only a fly in the ointment is the parking.

Ví dụ: The second property became an albatross around your neck within a year.

Ví dụ: The consultation was a stalking horse for closing the site.

Ví dụ: Nothing to add? Cat got your tongue all of a sudden?

Ví dụ: Two missed invoices and there was a wolf at the door.

Ví dụ: The senior staff went like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Ví dụ: The whole market moved on a herd mentality and nothing else.

Ví dụ: The branch was always the runt of the litter and closed first.
