unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
Serpens (constellation); the Snake
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
venomous snake; poisonous snake
albino Japanese rat snake
albino Japanese rat snake
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the bush
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; (lit.) half-killing a snake
Serpens (constellation); the Snake
Japanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese striped snake
viper (esp. a pitless viper)
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese black ratsnake
blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake; fools rush in
dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)
milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
spectacled cobra; Indian cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
king snake (any snake of genus Lampropeltis)
krait (esp. the Taiwanese banded krait, Bungarus multicinctus)
Enneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)
cerastes; horned viper; horned adder
Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake
snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina)