snake pit

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snake pit Meaning of "snake pit"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) any place of pain and turmoil
  2. (n) pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Synonym(s)

booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin

Usage(s):

  1. The case leads March, a former sheriff's investigator with a dead wife and a shadowy past, into a snake pit of betrayal and double dealing--the paranoid underside of the dotcom boom.
  2. When Sasso returned, he inherited this snake pit.
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