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Snake in the grass

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Phraseologism: Snake in the grass.

Meaning: About an evil, treacherous, vile person (roughly simple).

Origin: The snake in Russian since ancient times symbolizes deceit. Podkolodnaya - an adjective from the combination "under the deck, where is the deck" - "a log with a hollowed out middle", in which cattle were fed. All reptiles, including snakes, fall asleep with the onset of cold weather, finding a secluded place (for example, under a deck), at this time snake venom is especially dangerous. With the insidiousness of a snake, they compare the insidiousness of a person who lurks for a while, and then manifests himself at an unexpected moment from an unpleasant side.

Random phraseology:

All trifles in comparison with eternity.

Meaning:

Do not be upset, whether it still happens.

Origin:

A paradox repeated by the artist Cherevanin in N. G. Pomyalovsky's story "Molotov" (1861). This expression goes back to the Latin "sub specie aeternitatis" ("from the point of view of eternity" or "in comparison with eternity").

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