いけ好かない

いけすかないボスだけど、仕事（しごと）の悩（なや）みを相談（そうだん）したら案外（あんがい）、窮鳥（きゅうちょう）懐に入（ふところにはい）れば猟師（りょうし）も殺（ころ）さず、てなことになるかもね。

The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.