nurse a snake in (one's) bosom Идиома

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bosom buddy

close friends, friends who grew up together Don't criticize Brad, eh. He's my bosom buddy.

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bosom friend|bosom|friend

n. phr. A very close friend; an old buddy with whom one has a confidential relationship. Sue and Jane have been bosom friends since their college days.

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unbosom oneself|oneself|unbosom

v. phr. To confess one's personal thoughts or feelings; disclose private information to a confidante. Once she was at home with her mother, she unbosomed herself of all her troubles.

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snake in one's bosom

snake in one's bosom
see viper in one's bosom.

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unbosom

unbosom
unbosom oneself
to tell or reveal one's feelings, secrets, etc.

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viper in one's bosom

viper in one's bosom
Also, snake in one's bosom. An ungrateful or treacherous friend, as in I got him dozens of freelance jobs, and then he told everyone I was a lousy musician—nothing like nourishing a viper in one's bosom. This metaphoric expression, often put as nourish a viper (or snake) in one's bosom, comes from Aesop's fable about a farmer who shelters a snake dying from the cold, which then fatally bites him after it recovers. It was referred to by Chaucer and Shakespeare, and appeared in numerous proverb collections.

nurse a snake in (one's) bosom

To befriend, attending after, or booty affliction of addition who proves to be traitorous, untrustworthy, deceitful, or ungrateful. I anticipation the abandoned had apparent the ablaze and was gluttonous redemption, and so I took him into my care. But afore long, I knew I had nursed a snake in my bosom, as I awoke one morning to acquisition myself beggared blind! I anticipation our love was not alone alternate but indestructible; and yet, I accept nursed a snake in my bust all these years: my angel bedmate has casting me out and run off with a adolescent woman.Learn more: bosom, nurse, snake

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