snake juice—(Austral. sl.) any strong alcoholic drink:
- We were warmly greeted by the owner who immediately poured us a shot of snake juice.
snake oil—
1. a worthless product fraudulently peddled as a cure, etc. (from the 19th-century American practice of selling cure-all elixirs):
- There are people out there selling good weight loss products, but there are also scoundrels selling nothing but snake oil.
2. speech or writing intended to deceive:
- Why are these three Senators hustling this snake oil rather than the only proven and workable reform?