Usually means: Deceptive person hiding true motives.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word snake in the grass:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. snake in the grass: Merriam-Webster
  2. snake in the grass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. snake in the grass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. snake in the grass: Collins English Dictionary
  5. snake in the grass: Vocabulary.com
  6. snake in the grass: Wiktionary
  7. snake in the grass: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. snake in the grass: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. snake in the grass: Dictionary.com
  10. Snake in the Grass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. snake in the grass: Rhymezone
  12. Snake in the Grass: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. snake in the grass: FreeDictionary.org
  14. snake in the grass: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. snake in the grass: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. snake in the grass: Legal dictionary
  2. snake in the grass: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snake in the grass: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snake in the grass: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snake in the grass: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. snake in the grass: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. snake in the grass: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (snake in the grass)

noun:  (derogatory, informal) A hidden enemy.

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