2 Kath

[twinsanity]

2 kath:

good morning! (if it's good actually)

haven't you by chance run into the expression "snake eater" or "to eat a snake". does this mean succeeding in smth?

waiting for your prompt reply.

thanks in advance

[solidrain]

Прошу прощения, что без приглашения, но м.б. это вам поможет: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=snake eater

[twinsanity]

2 solidrain - unfortunately, i wasn't able to find the meaning of "snake eater" on your link... thanks any way.
will this question remain unanswered, i wonder?

[kondorsky]

I've never heard of such an idiom. In Russian, we say съесть собаку (to eat a dog) which means to acquire a good experience.

[Tollmuch]

Да нет, просто kath появится ближе к вечеру - она где-то за окияном :-)

[twinsanity]

well, i'll wait for her, i suppose.
Kath! ...---...

[solidrain]

Sorry for incomplete previous reference. I don't know why it came up this way. So, I give you another one: http://www.onelook.com/?w=snake+eater&ls=a
Once you see the phrase on your screen please click on it.

[twinsanity]

2 solidrain - this link relates to fauna, namely, animals which eat snakes (smth like the spider that eats birds). i consider this wording to be an idiom, however...
well, i see you're a persistent one. thank you!
but still...

[kath]

Good morning. It's actually very good. There's lots of sun, some snow and it's my brother's birthday so we just had amazing chocolate cake for breakfast.

Snake eater- there's a playstation game by that name. It takes place just after ww2 and there's a leading character who's Russian.

Snake blower - blow snakes - is a jazz expression. to play great jazz.

My brother insists that there is an army term 'snake eater' but he doesn't know what it means. I tried to look for it on the ineternet but found this:

snake mode
(NATO) A control mode in which the pursuing aircraft flies a programmed weaving flight path to allow time to accomplish identification functions.

Snake - cobra helicopter

Outside these I have no idea what it means. I am sorry. I promise to ask around and continue looking. If I find/think of anything will let you know.

[kath]

PS - could you send context?