put one's house in order

Arrange one's affairs, as in Stop meddling in your daughter's business and put your own house in order. This metaphoric term appears in slightly different form in the Bible (Isaiah 38:1): "Set thine house in order." [Late 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leonard	LEN-ərd (English), LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
VavŘInec	-	Czech
Friduhelm	-	Ancient Germanic
Amira (1)	-	Arabic
&Aelig;Bbe	-	Anglo-Saxon
Amalric	AM-əl-rik (English), ə-MAL-rik (English)	Ancient Germanic