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Jimmy Hung
2021-03-26 08:03
Nurture a serpent in (one's) bosom negative phrase
Cụm từ có thể được diễn đạt là "nurture a viper/snake in (one's) bosom".
To help, feed or take care of someone well but they turn out to be untrustworthy, deceitful, disloyal, or unthankful
I gave him everything but all I got was his betrayal. I nurtured a serpent in my bosom.
I didn't mind when they told me to be cautious when being friend with Stacy but this morning after realizing that I had lost my money, I knew that I nurtured a serpent in my bosom.
The verb "nurture" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The expression derived from Aesop's fable about a farmer who had taken care of a snake suffering from the cold but eventually got bitten when the snake recovered.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
