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it’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest — A condemnation of a person who vilifies his own family, country, etc. Cf. medieval L. nidos commaculans inmundus habebitur ales, the bird is unclean that soils its nest. a 1250 Owl & Nightingale (1960) 1. 99 Dahet habbe [a curse on] that ilke… … Proverbs new dictionary
