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den Bock zum Gärtner machen

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German

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Etymology

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Literally, make the goat a gardener. Compare Czech udělat kozla zahradníkem.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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den Bock zum Gärtner machen (weak, third-person singular present macht den Bock zum Gärtner, past tense machte den Bock zum Gärtner, past participle den Bock zum Gärtner gemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (idiomatic) fox guarding the henhouse

Conjugation

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