"Right by the snake"

Posted by Bob on June 09, 2006

In Reply to: "Right by the snake" posted by ESC on June 08, 2006

: : "Right by the snake" is a common phrase where I grew up, it's used to refer to a "lost" item sitting in a very obvious place, I think it's related to the similar "If it was a snake, it'd have bit ya", but I've never heard either of these expressions outside the midwestern US. Has anyone else heard either of these before?

: If it had been a snake, it would have bit you. Yes, I heard that in West Virginia. Haven't heard the other.

Likewise. But it's an amusing answer to "where was it?"