The snake symbolizes some problem or something you fear in real life. The dream suggests that you are afraid of being "devoured" or consumed by this problem. Alternatively, the dream might reflect your having barely escaped from something you thought might destroy you.
Say GOBBLE. GOBBLE. :D
The snake in this dream is a large problem with which the dreamer is struggling in real life.
A "red snake" would have different significance to different dreamers. The meaning of the dream depends on the tone and feeling of the dream.
Gobble
gobble gobble gobble chicken dinner
If you gobble at it, it will probably gobble back.
He is hungry and does not chew
Nothing
smash it with a rock
Gobble my penis...
The snake is representing someone that you know in the real world.
Hank Gobble's birth name is Henry A. Gobble.