feather one's nest
разбогатеть, поживиться за чей-либо счёт, "нагреть руки"
Пример использования идиомы feather one's nest:
Paul, her only brother, was eager to feather his own nest at the expense of his sister and her family.
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Другие идиомы:
- albatross (around someone's neck)
- as a duck takes to water
- as bald as a coot
- as crazy as a loon
- as dead as a dodo
- as easy as duck soup
- as free as a bird
- as graceful as a swan
- as happy as a lark
- as hoarse as a crow
- as mad as a wet hen
- as naked as a jaybird
- as proud as a peacock
- as scarce as hen's teeth/scarcer than hen's teeth
- as silly as a goose