don't shit where you eat

Meaning: (idiomatic,vulgar)One should not causetroubleinplaces,groups, orsituationsthat one holds as important or necessary to one's happiness or well-being.1994April 14, Nelson Navarro, “Ever faithful, ever true”, inManila Standard, Philippines, retrieved12 August 2011:The guiding principle isDon't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003October 8, Jonathan Valania, “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy”, inPhiladelphia Weekly, retrieved 12 Aug. 2011:Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom:Don't shit where you eat.2006September 19,Michael Musto, “NY Mirror”, inVillage Voice, retrieved12 August 2011:Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "Youdon't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.

Examples:

EN: I mean, you don't shit where you eat, do you?
ES: Digo, ¿tu no cagas donde comes, no?
EN: But George is your mate. You don't shit where you eat.
ES: No cagues donde comas.
EN: You don't shit where you eat.
ES: No se caga donde se come.
ES: No se caga donde se come.
ES: No se come donde se caga.
ES: No cagas donde comes.
EN: I mean beside the fact you know I grew up with the man, you don't shit where you eat.
ES: Digo, aparte del hecho de que sabes que me crié con el hombre, no cagas donde comes.
EN: You don't shit where you eat, buddy.
ES: Tu no cagas donde comes, compinche.
EN: I mean, haven't you heard the expression "don't shit where you eat"?
ES: ¿No escuchaste el dicho: "Donde se caga no se come"?
EN: You don't shit where you eat, you know what I'm saying?
ES: No cagas donde comes, ¿sabes lo que te digo?
EN: - You don't shit where you eat.
ES: -No cagues donc comas.
EN: You don't shit where you eat, Branch.
ES: - No se caga donde se come, Branch.
EN: - Trying to say don't shit where you eat?
ES: - ¿Quieres decir no cagues donde comas?
EN: "you don't shit where you eat."
ES: "No cagas donde comes".
EN: I thought it's don't shit where you eat.
ES: Creía que era no cagues donde comes.
EN: This is your stuff? You don't shit where you eat, don't you get that?
ES: no sabes eso?
EN: I'm just saying, like, don't shit where you eat.
ES: Solo digo que no cagas donde comes.
EN: Well, I thought that you don't shit where you eat, so... Yeah, that's a ‐‐ that's a soft rule.
ES: ‐ Bueno, pensé que no te involucrabas con compañeros del trabajo, así que... ‐ Sí, es una regla endeble.

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