English

Alternative forms

• fox guarding the henhouse

Noun

fox in the henhouse ‎(plural foxes in the henhouse)

1. (idiomatic, figuratively) A predator loose among the prey.
   • 2005, Si Kahn et al., The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy, Berrett-Koehler, ISBN 1576753379.

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Related terms

• wolf in sheep's clothing
• cock in the henhouse