a poacher turned gamekeeper



a poacher turned gamekeeper

  (British)
someone whose job seems to involve working against the person who is now doing the job which they did before
Usage notes: A poacher illegally kills and steals animals on someone else's land, and a gamekeeper's job is to stop this from happening.
He used to be the the union rep but now he's in management - a case of poacher turned gamekeeper.
See also: gamekeeper, poacher, turn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Talmai-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Miloslav-Czech, Slovak, Medieval Slavic
Sharar-Biblical
Dilip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Polat-Turkish
HelgeHEL-gə (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German