feather own nest



feather your own nest

to dishonestly use your position at work to get a lot of money for yourself What angers him most of all is the implication that he has been feathering his own nest.
See You could have knocked me down with a feather!
See also: feather, nest, own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dorothea[.dɔrə'θiə]
SjraSHRAHLimburgish
GlendaGLEN-dəWelsh, English
Cotton['kɔtn]
Madeleine['mædəlin]
Nicholas['nikələs]