snake pit
snake pit · snake pits
пекло, ад
гадюшник
Schlangengrube
A pit filled with snakesA pit filled with snakes.
» A restless foot may walk into a snake pit.
Meaning
2 sensesA pit filled with snakes.
Schlangengrube
(figuratively)Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people.
Schlangengrube
гадюшникgadjušnik
More definitions
- any place of pain and turmoil
- pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Examples
1 sentencesA restless foot may walk into a snake pit.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
pit with snakes:
Forms
plural: snake pitsSynonyms
16 synonymsClose in meaning
- any place of pain and turmoil:hellhell on earthhellholethe pitsinferno
- pejorative terms for an insane asylum:Bedlambooby hatchcrazy housecuckoo's nestfunny farmfunny houseloony binmadhouse