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
Sevda-Turkish, Azerbaijani
Vasylyna-Ukrainian
Mattheus-Biblical Latin
Ira (1)IE-rə (English)Biblical, English, Hebrew
Faridoon-Persian
Tate[teit]