English

Noun

cock in the henhouse ‎(plural cocks in the henhouse)

1. (idiomatic, figuratively) A man in a situation where he has access to many women, presumably intending to seduce them.
   • Elizabeth's divorce would cut her loose to go her merry, cheating way; which left him free as a cock in the henhouse to seek female companionship

     2009, Louisiana Privateer by Chris Clearman

   • Room for only one cock in the henhouse

     2010, Reality Bytes

   • But his strutting like a cock in the henhouse had done him no good with the privy council, nor with his brother the Lord Protector, nor even with his nephew the young king.

     2013, Venus in Winter by Gillian Bagwell

See also

• fox in the henhouse