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don't shit where you eat en · X

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Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in places, groups, or situations that one holds as important or necessary to one's happiness or well-being.
    • The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity. 1994 April 14, Nelson Navarro, “Ever faithful, ever true”, in Manila Standard, Philippines, retrieved 12 Aug 2011:
    • Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly. 2006 September 19, Michael Musto, “NY Mirror”, in Village Voice, retrieved 12 Aug 2011:
    • Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat. 2003 October 8, Jonathan Valania, “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy”, in Philadelphia Weekly, retrieved 12 Aug 2011:

Relateds

don't dip your pen in the company ink · bite the hand that feeds one

Synonyms

don't shit in your own nest

Translations (11)

sv kacka inte i eget bo (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · pt onde se ganha o pão não se come a carne (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · ru не плюй в коло́дец, пригоди́тся воды́ напи́ться (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · es donde se come no se caga (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · eo en puton ne kraĉu, ĉar vi trinki bezonos (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · es donde tengas la olla no metas la polla (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · he אל תחרבן במקום שבו אתה אוכל (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · vi con thỏ không ăn cỏ gần hang (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · he לא מחרבנים איפה שאוכלים (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · it non si sputa nel piatto dove si mangia (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents) · cs nekálej do vlastního hnízda (One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents)