a fox in the chicken coop
a fox in the chicken coop
Someone who will or intends to exploit or manipulate something, some place, or someone for their own personal gain. (A fox inside a chicken coop would prey upon the chickens.) He was like a fox in the chicken coop, using every trick up his sleeve to line his pockets with the company's money. Giving a person like that access to so much power is like putting a fox in the chicken coop. My sister is going to put her ex-convict brother-in-law in charge of her business, and I'm worried he'll be like a fox in the chicken coop.
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- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- be left in charge (of someone or something)
- be put in charge (of someone or something)
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- be/have done with somebody/something
- bargain
- bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)