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
MartaMAHR-tah (Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Bulg
KateŘIna-Czech
Curtis['kə:tis]
Nia (3)-English
Annis['ænis]
Kiyokokee-yo-koJapanese