Collective Nouns, Simile, Idioms, Metaphors and Expressions

Snakes

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Adders

• A sun of adders

Cobras:

• A quiver of cobras

Rattlesnakes:

• A rhumba of rattlesnakes
• ​A tangle of rattlesnakes

Snakes - general:

• A ball of snakes
• A bed of snakes
• A den of snakes
• A knot of snakes
• A nest of snakes
• A pipe of snakes
• A pit of snakes
• A tangle of snakes
• A toggle of snakes
• A slither of snakes

Vipers:

• A den of vipers
• A generation of vipers
• A nest of vipers

IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

• A snake in the grass
• Snakes and Ladders
• To scotch the snake
• To nourish a snake in one's bosom
• Once a snake, always a snake

SIMILE

• As mean as a snake