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
Tugay-Turkish
Yekonyah-Biblical Hebrew
LeonieLE-o-nee (German), lay-o-NEE (Dutch)German, Dutch
Alkeides-Greek Mythology
Hande-Turkish
Brontes-Greek Mythology