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a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Definition

someone or something that seems to be good but is actually not good at all: My grandfather was a wolf in sheep’s clothing – he looked like a sweet old man, but he was really mean.
(Definition of a wolf in sheep’s clothing from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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