(n) (constellation) Hydrus
(n) tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
ringed grass snake
(n) (uk) king snake (any snake of genus Lampropeltis)
(n) (uk) milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
(n) making an unnecessary addition (to)
gilding the lily
(n,adj-no) wicked and perverse
weird and incoherent
(n) false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha)
mock strawberry
(n) false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha)
mock strawberry
(n) paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)
(n) (uk) satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas)
grayling
(n) (constellation) Serpent Bearer
Ophiuchus
(n) being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness
(n) long line
long queue
(P)
(n) eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
(n) (uk) reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
(n) a strong beginning and a weak ending
an anticlimax
(n) (a line, queue) being long and serpentine
(n) (a line, queue) being long and serpentine
(n) rattlesnake
(n) (uk) asp viper (Vipera aspis)
(n) (uk) Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
(exp) (id) Set a thief to catch a thief
(n) sand circle around the sumo ring
(exp) you'll only make work for yourself
to stir up a hornet's nest
to put one's foot in one's mouth
(exp) you'll only make work for yourself
to stir up a hornet's nest
to put one's foot in one's mouth
(n) (uk) Russell's viper (Daboia russelii)
(exp) (sens) (obsc) fools rush in where angels dare to tread
(n) (uk) European adder (Vipera berus)
(n) (uk) (obsc) sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
(io) (exp) You never know what might happen