mussurana
/mʊsəˈrɑːnə/noun
A large black colubrid snake of tropical America, Clelia clelia, which feeds on other snakes, being immune to their venom.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). From Portuguese muçurana from Tupi moçu'rana mussurana from moçu kind of eel-like fish + rana resembling.
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the chair
- take the chequered flag
- take the chill off
- take the count
- take the easy way out
- take the edge off
- take the fall
- take the field
- take the floor
- take the gilt off the gingerbread
- take the King's (or Queen's) shilling
- take the King's shilling
- take the law into one's own hands
- take the liberty
- take the long view
- take the mound
- take the (or one's etc.) secret to the grave
- take the part of
- take the piss (out of someone/thing)
- take the place of
- take the plunge
- take the rap
- take the rough with the smooth