The phrase "as serpent" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe something in relation to a serpent, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "He moved through the grass as serpent, silent and stealthy."
Alternatives: "like a serpent" or "in the manner of a serpent".
The stiff, irregular hatching, as well as the figures, draperies, and composition of such early engravings as Serpent Speaking to a Young Man (c.
Ms. Yokoshi is generally vivid though never spellbinding in two contrasted solos: one as shirabyoshi, one (with a white mane of hair) as serpent.
Of course there's been an outcry, mainly from publishers who take the trouble to seek out, translate and publish the best of the European writers - Harvill especially, but also smaller but enthusiastic houses such as Serpent's Tail and Bitter Lemon Press.
Another large stone, known as Serpent Rock, has snakes etched into its top surface.
VITALS Also known as: Serpent King First observed: Buffalo Springs, Colorado (2006) Est.
(Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-emily-c-heath/wise-as-serpents-finding-_b_1692251.html ) Local clergy should be "wise as serpents, gentle as doves" when dealing with outside religious groups.
In the South of France, a cloister's painted wooden panels greeted parishioners with vivid depictions of unicorns, dragons, and centaurs, while Mayans in the Yucatan created openings to buildings that resembled a fierce animal's jaws, known to archaeologists as serpent-column portals.
We were as simple as doves and wise as serpents.
Microphones scare Wade almost as much as serpents.
This is the verse in which Jesus urges his followers to be "wise as serpents" as well as being "gentle as doves".
But, you know, the saying of our Lord about being as 'wise as serpents, and innocent as doves' applies very nicely to Tom".
