"It does give the appearance of the fox guarding the chicken coop."

"You know the old adage about the fox guarding the hen house?"

"The foxes should not be guarding the hen house," he said.

"We are not going to be subject any longer to this criticism that the fox is guarding the chicken coop," he said.

"It's like having the fox guarding the chicken coop," he said.

It was like the fox guarding the hen house.

The setup of the Olympic committee's current board is akin to the fox guarding the henhouse.

To hire a former coach or sports administrator, the line goes, would be letting foxes guard the henhouse.

The foxes would be guarding the henhouse, bus riders complained.

Indeed, the Sudanese general - the fox guarding the hen house - has downplayed the abuses.