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单词 feather one's own nest
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feather one's own nest


To look after one's own interests, especially material ones: “The director was supposed to distribute the money to various charities; instead, he used it to feather his own nest.”

Words nearby feather one's own nest

feather key, feather-legged, featherlight, feather merchant, feather one's nest, feather one's own nest, feather palm, feather rot, feathers, feather shot, feather star
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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