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