Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Snake"

A: The person was right in front of a snake 🐍

A: Oh I see. 'Drill' can also be instruction or training in a particular skill repeated over and over. For example 'fire drill' would be training on what to do if there was a fire. In the context of your sentence there may be a 'drill' on what to do if a snake appears particularly if there are poisonous snakes around. (Australia)

A: it could mean a literal (exact) pit of snakes, or a horrible, torturous place

A: I have never heard that phrase before ,but it sounds like you are metaphoring. Ex: You are getting to things done at the same time. You could also say Killing 2 birds with 1 stone ,phrase

A: Definitely sneaky, untrustworthy, I would also add backstabber/turncoat/traitor as possible additional meaning.

A: I have my snake out right now.

A: Do you own a pet snake?
Is that snake dangerous?
Some snakes can you kill a human.

A: That crooked insurance agent was selling snake oil. Snake oil was originally made from snakes, and sold as medicine, even though it has no health benefits. Sick people would buy it instead of real medicine and die. Snake oil now refers to any product used to trick money out of you.

A: They are both correct, but they mean something VERY different.

The snake is poisonous. This is technically (scientifically) incorrect as the snake is VENOMOUS. Look up 'poison' and 'venom'. That said, it is common to say, 'the snake is poisonous'. This means the snake is dangerous TO ME.

If 'the snake is poisoned', somehow the snake has ingested something that will sicken the snake or cause the snake to die. You will not be harmed by a 'poisoned snake'.

A: "There was a yellow snake" is talking about the snake as an individual. "There was one of those yellow snakes" talks about the snake as a member of a group.

A: There is really no difference.
A serpent is a snake, especially a large one.

A: Serpent is less common. It’s older.
Snake is used a lot more, but they both mean the same thing.

A: Both snake and serpent can be used interchangeably but in modern usage serpent is used mainly as metaphor especially to describe someone who is very deceptive.
Also in mythology a serpent is a snake, lizard or dragon like creature.

A: @munancho Thanks a lot!

A: hahhaha, where did you get this quote from?

A: It is correct.

A: Actually I don't like to eat snakes, so I rarely eat them unless I'm super hungry.

A: A : How can we get rid of all these snakes around our tent?
B : Use an ashtray.
A : I don't smoke.
B : Then rack your brain.

(people don’t say “rack your brain” too often, it’s more of an old slang. we would normally say “then figure it out”)

A: Snake oil is what you'd call a product that claims to do something, but is bullshit and doesn't work or do what it says it would do.

A: "would" works better than "will"
this sounds more natural:

"if I was asked if I liked snakes or spiders more, I would definitely choose snakes".

"If you were asked if you liked snakes or spiders more, you should definitely choose snakes".

A: how do you feel if a snake is crawling on your body?
what do you feel when a snake is creeping on your body?
crawling, Creeping, slithering are all descriptors useful for a snake.

A: Almost! I'd say:
1. Some snakes are glaring at me, trying to bite me.
2. Some vines of the tree got stuck with each other, and i can't pass through it/leaving me unable to pass through it.
Hope this helped ^^