a snake 's head and a rat 's eyes
Snake head and mouse eye, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh é t ó ush ǔ y ǎ n, which means to describe a person's ugly face and improper mind. From the heroine of Eastern Europe.
Idiom explanation
Snakehead: a villain who organizes illegal immigration and gets money from it.
Mouse eye: the eye of a mouse. Mouse's eyes are small, prominent and furtive, because it is often used to describe the humble appearance of a person with an evil mind.
Idiom usage
Used as attributive or adverbial; used in figurative sentences.
Examples
Zhou Bing turned back to the gate of Pingji and looked inside. Sure enough, he saw Li minkui and a snake headed man drinking. Ouyang Shan's "Three Alleys" 16
The origin of Idioms
The third chapter of "Eastern European heroines" written by Lingnan lady in feather clothes in Qing Dynasty: "when I heard the sound of the door, a short, fat and ugly man came into the room
Chinese PinYin : shé tóu shǔ yǎn
a snake 's head and a rat 's eyes
at the death of one 's father or mother. qì xuè jī sǎng
have the same enemy and hatred. tóng chóu dí kài
give confidential instructions in person. miàn shòu jī yí
as if separated by a wide ditch. pàn ruò hóng gōu