foul one's own nest

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To damage one's environment.
    — Provide them with a mansion, and they will rip out the plumbing, write obscenities on the walls, and generally foul up their own nest.
  2. To hurt one's own interests, especially to damage the reputation of one's self, family or group.
    — He had concluded, 'Arbitrary violence against them now would be to foul your own nest; mar at the outset the future that is your destiny.

词形变化

fouls one's own nest present,singular,third-person fouling one's own nest participle,present fouled one's own nest participle,past fouled one's own nest past

词源

From the proverb it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
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