Question

Feather Your Nest to be more interested in taking care of yourself, providing for your own comfort, and making money rather than doing good for others

Accepted Answer

The senator was accused of using his office to feather his own nest. For millions of years birds have been lining their nests with soft feathers to make comfortable homes. Since the 1500s the expression "feather your nest" has been used to refer to greedy people who use the power of high positions to make life comfortable for themselves before they think of the well-being of others. The saying can also be used in a more positive way to mean decorating your home to make it more pleasant and comfortable.

Idiom	Feather Your Nest
Example	The senator was accused of using his office to feather his own nest.
Meaning	to be more interested in taking care of yourself, providing for your own comfort, and making money rather than doing good for others
Origin	For millions of years birds have been lining their nests with soft feathers to make comfortable homes. Since the 1500s the expression "feather your nest" has been used to refer to greedy people who use the power of high positions to make life comfortable for themselves before they think of the well-being of others. The saying can also be used in a more positive way to mean decorating your home to make it more pleasant and comfortable.

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