fouls (one's) own nest In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase " fouls (one's) own nest", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Katie Anh calendar 2022-03-29 10:03

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Foul (one's) own nest negative spoken language verb phrase

Used to describe harming one's own interests.

He meant to report his supervisor to the manager, but soon he realized that it just fouled his own nest.

If you just keep that grouchy attitude all the time, you just were fouling your own nest.

He thought that he could use the money to make her love him. But he fouled his own nest.

He cheated to get a high score to gain the scholarship. But it just turned out that he fouled his own nest when the examiners found out about his cheating.

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Grammar and Usage of Foul (one's) own nest

Verb Forms

  • foul (one's) own nest
  • fouls (one's) own nest
  • fouled (one's) own nest
  • fouling (one's) own nest

It's mostly used in the past tense.

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