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as the twig is bent, so the tree's inclinedAn early influence can have permanent effects.Rate it:

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snake eyesTwo ones, after rolling two dice.Rate it:

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snake oilSnake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.Rate it:

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snake oilAny product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.Rate it:

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snake oilA fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.Rate it:

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Snake in the GrassAn untrustworthy, traitor or betrayer, someone not to be relies onRate it:

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mad as a cut snakeVery irate, crazy with rage.Rate it:

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snake in the grassA treacherous person.Rate it:

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go snakeTo approach, attack or accost a person, situation or environment in an extremely violent and unrestrained manner, often with no thought about consequences.Rate it:

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grass snakereptileRate it:

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mad as a cut snakeCrazy; eccentric.Rate it:

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snake oilA type of 19th century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.Rate it:

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il y a quelque anguille sous rocheThere is a snake in the grass; I can smell a rat.Rate it:

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hissy fitBout of anger (like a visciously hissing snake)Rate it:

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poudre de perlimpinpinsnake oilRate it:

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casser sa pipe (pop.)To kick the bucket; To hop the twig; To die.Rate it:

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ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse“’Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” [Pope , Moral Essays, i. 149.]Rate it:

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serpentineHaving the shape or form of a snake.Rate it:

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