feather one's nest

Alternative forms

 * feather one's own nest

Verb

 * 1)  To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth.

Synonyms

 * enrich, line one's pockets, look out for number one

Translations

 * Finnish: täyttää taskujaan
 * Icelandic: skara eld að eigin köku,  skara eld að sinni köku, ota sínum tota
 * Russian: (to warm one's hands) нагре́ть ру́ки, (to stuff one's pockets) наби́ть карма́ны
 * Spanish:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: pluo ei nyth