raking snakes over dry, dry cereal
Hi! I'm playing a video game where an old fish asks you to find her grandchildren scattered around. She says that "Keeping tabs on the little rascals is like raking snakes over dry, dry cereal." Unfortunately I don't know what she means by that. What is "raking snakes over dry, dry cereal"? Does it make sense to you?

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Yes, I'm quite sure that those are the words. Here's the picture (the dialogues in this game aren't voiced): https://ibb.co/g6TYHJm

This is what she says when you find her grandchildren:
https://ibb.co/C6dLfhS
https://ibb.co/BPQDSxh
So far it's the only character in the game that uses some odd phrases.

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Hi Elena,
As the other answers, this is not an idiom, it has been made up for the game.

Regards,
Richard

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Makes no sense to me. From context it means "is difficult".
Are you sure of the words?

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I've never heard this idiom before. Maybe the writer was just being silly/creative :?

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