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cock in the henhouse en · NOUN
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(figuratively, idiomatic) A man in a situation where he has access to many women, presumably intending to seduce them.
Elizabeth's divorce would cut her loose to go her merry, cheating way; which left him free as a cock in the henhouse to seek female companionship
2009, Chris Clearman, Louisiana Privateer:But his strutting like a cock in the henhouse had done him no good with the privy council, nor with his brother the Lord Protector, nor even with his nephew the young king.
2013, Gillian Bagwell, Venus in Winter:
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fox in the henhouse