英语词汇“to put the fox in charge of the henhouse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to put the fox in charge of the henhouse

P2. to put the fox in charge of the henhouse and variants: to put a person in charge of an endeavour that he or she has an interest in exploiting, manipulating, or undermining.

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1883 Edinb. Evening News 28 May Appointing such an association to administer the Act was like appointing a number of foxes to see that the henhouse was not pillaged.

1969 Baltimore Afro-American 29 Apr. 7/4 It has never been good practice to put the wolf in charge of the hen house to protect it from other wolves.

2018 Prince George (Brit. Columbia) Citizen (Nexis) 31 Mar. a6 If governments demand that social-media firms police themselves, aren't we putting the fox in charge of the henhouse?

extracted from henhousen.

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单词	to put the fox in charge of the henhouse
释义	> as lemmas to put the fox in charge of the henhouse P2. to put the fox in charge of the henhouse and variants: to put a person in charge of an endeavour that he or she has an interest in exploiting, manipulating, or undermining. ΚΠ 1883 Edinb. Evening News 28 May Appointing such an association to administer the Act was like appointing a number of foxes to see that the henhouse was not pillaged. 1969 Baltimore Afro-American 29 Apr. 7/4 It has never been good practice to put the wolf in charge of the hen house to protect it from other wolves. 2018 Prince George (Brit. Columbia) Citizen (Nexis) 31 Mar. a6 If governments demand that social-media firms police themselves, aren't we putting the fox in charge of the henhouse? extracted from henhousen. < as lemmas
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