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
KristaKRIS-tah (German), KRIS-tə (English), KREES-tah (Finnish)German, English, Finnish
Diya (2)-Arabic
Godelievekho-də-LEE-vəDutch
Abduweli-Uyghur
Sands[sændz]
Chernobog-Slavic Mythology