fox in the henhouse

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone untrustworthy placed in a position of trust in which they will be harmful, damaging or detrimental for their own personal gain. figuratively,idiomatic
    — While the Commissioner of Patents is normally expected to understand and to promote the patent system as a bulwark for promoting the U.S. economy, the current Commissioner is, in many ways, a fox in the henhouse, undertaking to destroy that which he was commissioned to protect and to strengthen.

词形变化

foxes in the henhouse plural foxes in henhouses plural fox guarding the henhouse alternative

词源

A metaphor referring to the fox as a predator that would prey on the chickens if given an opportunity to do so.
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