feather one's nest
Meaning: To build up one's riches, usually quietly and perhaps by some unethical method (sentence 2).
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression is used to describe spoken words. The listener is not really deaf, but acts that way. This idiom is essentially synonymous with turn a deaf ear, but whereas the request falls on deaf ears, the person who ignores the request turns a deaf ear.
More idioms — Daily Life
- far cry from something — Much less than what was expected or anticipated.
- feel something in one's bones — To sense something without being able to see, hear or feel it; to have a premonition.
- feel the pinch — To have less money than one used to have, and less than one feels is necessary.
- feather in one's cap — An exceptional achievement.
- fill the bill — To suit or satisfy a need.
- filthy rich — Extremely wealthy.
More English idioms
- first-rate — Best quality.
- fishy — Looking or sounding suspicious.
- fits and starts — In short bursts of motion or effort.
- fix someone's wagon — To return an irritation caused by a person through some form of mild revenge.
- flat broke — Have absolutely no money.
- follow in someone's footsteps — To follow the same career or lifestyle as someone else.
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