henhouse

Example Sentences

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"With only the fox guarding the henhouse, the outcome is utterly at odds with what BSA itself asserted was necessary for a confirmable plan and is permissible under the bankruptcy code," the insurers wrote.

From Fox News

“With only the fox guarding the henhouse, the outcome is utterly at odds with what BSA itself asserted was necessary for a confirmable plan and is permissible under the bankruptcy code,” the insurers wrote.

From Seattle Times

“It has all the trappings of making it look like the fox is watching the henhouse here,” Arizona state Sen. Kirsten Engel, a Democrat, said of that state’s measure.

From Seattle Times

"Two roosters in a henhouse doesn't go well."

From Salon

I suspect this will work about as well as assigning the fox to investigate his role in the bloody trail of feathers outside the henhouse.

From Washington Post