cock in the henhouse

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cock in the henhouse (plural cocks in the henhouse)

  1. (idiomatic, figurative) A man in a situation where he has access to many women, presumably intending to seduce them.
    • 2009, Chris Clearman, Louisiana Privateer[1]:
      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
    • 2013, Gillian Bagwell, Venus in Winter[2]:
      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.

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