feather one's nest

Acquire wealth for oneself, especially by taking advantage of one's position or using the property of others. For example, Bill's many profitable consulting assignments enabled him to feather his nest quite comfortably . This expression alludes to birds making a soft nest for their eggs. [Mid-1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Filippa	fee-LIP-pah (Swedish)	Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian
Tomoko	to-mo-ko	Japanese
Romilda	-	Italian, Ancient Germanic
Yordana	-	Bulgarian
SimÃO	-	Portuguese
Aristides	ah-ree-STEE-dhes (Spanish), ə-reesh-TEE-dəsh (Portuguese), ə-reesh-CHEE-jəsh (Brazilian Portuguese)	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Spanish, Portuguese