"let the fox guard the hen house" in German to let the fox guard the hen house den Bock zum Gärtner machen Detailed translations for "let the fox guard the hen house" to let the fox guard the hen house to let the fox guard the hen house(also: to set a fox to keep the geese, to set a thief to catch a thief, to set the cat among the pigeons) den Bock zum Gärtner machen