rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt†, syrtis†; Goodwin sands, sandy
foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf,
flat, lee shore, ironbound coast; rock ahead, breakers ahead.
precipice; maelstrom, volcano; ambush &c 530; pitfall, trapdoor;
trap &c (snare) 545.
sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, snake in the grass, death in
the pot; latency &c 526.
ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort [Fr.];
firebrand, hornet's nest.
Phr. latet anquis in herba [Lat.] [Vergil]; proximus ardet Ucalegon
[Lat.] [Vergil].