单词 | foul one's nest |
释义 | foul one's nestAlso, foul one's own nest. Hurt one's own interests, as in With his constant complaints about his wife, he's only fouling his own nest. This metaphoric expression transfers a bird's soiling of its nest to human behavior. [Mid-1200s] Words nearby foul one's nestfoul line, foul marten, foul matter, foulmouthed, foulness, foul one's nest, foul play, foul pole, fouls, foul shot, foul tip The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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