addertje onder het gras

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Dutch

Etymology

Literally, a adder under the grass. Compare English snake in the grass; like the English, this may ultimately represent a calque from Latin.

Noun

addertje onder het gras n (plural addertjes onder het gras)

  1. (idiomatic) an unforeseen difficulty or complication