henhouse

Example Sentences

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Is this a fox in the henhouse scenario, they ask?

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Therein lies what might be “Anniversary’s” biggest warning: Don’t let the fox into the henhouse, even if it seems rude not to.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

It is relevant because trusting the very agency that has been responsible for the myriad problems plaguing Arizona’s death-penalty system is a classic instance of letting the fox guard the henhouse.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2025

Public outcry around the report likens a Pentagon self-investigation to charging the fox to guard the henhouse.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024

But when my parents found out there was a small white chicken back by the old henhouse, they insisted on calling the lady who’d come looking for her chickens, to see if it was hers.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones