addertje onder het gras
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “a [small] adder under the grass”. Compare English snake in the grass; like the English, this may ultimately represent a calque from Latin.
Noun[edit]
addertje onder het gras n (plural addertjes onder het gras)
- (idiomatic) An unforeseen difficulty or complication.