get (one's) (own) house in order

To put into order or resolve one's own personal problems or business affairs. The president and his administration sorely need to get their house in order, or they may not live to see a second term in office. Jim should go about getting his own house in order before he starts criticizing how I live my life!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Regina	rə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)	English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg
Charon	-	Greek Mythology
Proteus	-	Greek Mythology
Libby	LIB-ee	English
Amel (1)	-	Bosnian
Zola (1)	ZO-lə	English