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It means that someone has been put in charge of something that is too tempting for them to ignore, as if they were a fox (who eats chickens) given the job of protecting the chickens. Not only will they do a poor job, but they will cause harm themselves - perhaps more than would be caused if they had not been put in charge.
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What does putting the fox in the hen house mean?
If you don't want dead chickens, then DON'T put a fox in the hen house!
What does fox in the hen house mean?
means its done, whatever task alluded to has been completed. Say ur boss asks u do something, afterwards u email her "the fox is in the hole"
How do you make a sentence with the word sly?
The sly fox quietly sneaked into the hen house.
If you had to take a hen a fox and some corn who would you take first?
The fox, the fox can take the hen, the hen can take the corn?
If you have a hen a fox and corn You need to get all of them across You can't leave the hen with the fox or the hen with the corn. How do you do it?
1. Bring across the fox and corn. 2. Return with the fox. 3. This time bring the hen across. 4. Return with the corn and collect the fox. 5. Bring the corn and fox across.
Would a fox steal hen eggs?
no but they would steal a hen.
How do you get the animals across the river if the fox eats the hen but the hen eats the food?
Take the hen across first. Go back alone. Take the fox. Take the hen back. Get the food and leave the hen. Go back alone. Take the hen.
You are on the bank of a river If you have to get a fox a hen and a corn to the other side of the river If left alone the fox will eat the hen the hen will also eat the corn of left alone The boat is?
1- take the hen over to the other-side. 2- get the fox and take it over to where the hen is but take the hen back with you. 3- take the corn over to the fox. 4-then take the hen over and they will all be on the other-side of the river. hope this helps from i-luv-my-chickens
Hen sits in the hen house on what?
They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
What does as nervous as a June bug in a hen house mean metaphor?
goulhjb ,mvm,
What are the name for hen shelter?
Hen house, chicken coop.
What is hen house production?
a hen house is where the hens produce table eggs.
