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Difference between See snakes and See the lions

see snakes(U.S.) have visionary hallucinations caused by alcoholism (also: see pink elephants):

  • Alcohol abuse may pollute your brain so that you will see snakes and spiders.

see the lions—(U.S. coll.) see all the noteworthy attractions of a place:

  • The rest of the day was spent in seeing the lions—and first the Cathedral.