| 词汇 | a serpent in one-s bosom |
| 词源 | a serpent in one’s bosom. According to legend, a kind Greek shepherd found a frozen serpent and put it under his shirt. The snake revived but bit its benefactor, which gives us this saying for an ungrateful person. |
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