a snake in one's bosom

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• Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent — is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The author originally intended for the story to appear in a collection entitled Allegories of the Heart . It was first published in the March, 1843 edition of The United States Magazine and Democratic… …   Wikipedia

• отогревать, или отогреть, или пригревать, илипригреть змею на груди, или за пазухой — неодобр. Проявлять внимание, заботу, любовь к человеку, который впоследствии платит неблагодарностью. Существует две версии происхождения этого оборота. 1. Выражение – из древнегреческой притчи о землепашце, который нашел замерзшую змею и положил …   Справочник по фразеологии

• Schlange — Eine Schlange am Busen nähren (wärmen, erziehen): jemandem Gutes tun, den man für seinen Freund hält, der sich aber später als undankbar und verräterisch erweist, jemandem zu Unrecht vertrauen, am scheinbar besten Freund den gefährlichsten Feind… …   Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

• viper — viperish, adj. viperishly, adv. /vuy peuhr/, n. 1. any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, esp. V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia. 2. any related snakes belonging to the family Viperidae, characterized by… …   Universalium

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• Sabazios — is the nomadic horseman and sky father god of the Phrygians and Thracians. In Indo European languages, such as Phrygian, the zios element in his name derives from dyeus , the common precursor of deus ( god ) and Zeus . Though the Greeks… …   Wikipedia

• viper — n. 1 any venomous snake of the family Viperidae, esp. the common viper (see ADDER). 2 a malignant or treacherous person. Phrases and idioms: viper in one s bosom a person who betrays those who have helped him or her. viper s bugloss a stiff… …   Useful english dictionary

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• History of brassieres — The history of the bra is inextricably intertwined with the social history of the status of women, including the evolution of fashion and changing views of the body.At various times since recorded history women have used a variety of garments and …   Wikipedia

• Huitzilopochtli — /wee tsee loh pohch tlee/, n. the Aztec god of war and of the sun. Also, Uitzilopochtli. [ < Nahuatl Huitzilopochtli, equiv. to huitzil(in) hummingbird + opochtli left hand side] * * * Aztec sun and war god. He was usually portrayed as a… …   Universalium