feather one's nest

Meaning: (idiomatic)To achievebenefits, especiallyfinancialones, by takingadvantageof theopportunitieswith which one is presented; toamassa comfortable amount of personalwealth; especially, to do so to a degree that involvesvenality.Synonyms:line one's pockets,look out for number oneHypernym:enrich(oneself)1857,George Eliot[pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “[Janet’s Repentance.] Chapter 13”, inScenes of Clerical Life [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, Edinburgh; London:William Blackwood and Sons, published January 1858,→OCLC,page229:It may do him some harm, perhaps, but Dempster must havefeathered his nestpretty well; he can afford to lose a little business.2024July 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, Hannah Murphy, Alex Rogers, quotingMichael Moritz, “Has Silicon Valley gone Maga?”, inFT Weekend, Big Read, page 6:“It's a handful of west coast financiers doing what Wall Street bankers have long done—feathering their nests,” says Michael Moritz, the billionaire former leader of Sequoia Capital.

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