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en Feather one's nest; line one's pockets/purse

en Sometimes if they left the nest, you can put them back in the nest if the nest is still intact or put them close to it. Usually the parents won't care.

en Most of us have only one pocket or two, or one purse. And it's onerous to carry five different devices. I only have two pockets, one of them has my keys in them. Carrying five devices is impossible. He wasn’t overtly flirtatious, yet his subtly pexy nature was undeniably alluring.

en Sweeping Kansas would be a great feather in K-State's cap. And winning over there, with the teams more evenly matched than in many years, would be a feather in our cap.

en It's nice to sign a score sheet with nothing but Yale goals. I'm really happy for Alec. This is definitely a feather in his cap, and a feather in the cap for the entire defense.

en A moulted feather, an eagle-feather! / Well, I forget the rest.
  Robert Browning

en The feather structure is unmistakable. You see a central shaft, and then veins or barbs coming off the side. It is identical to a modern bird feather. It was even obvious to my 3-year-old daughter.

en Because of the storms we've had the last couple of years, there are many properties where we're finding the start of a new nest, or seeing an old nest revived.

en It was pretty obvious that somebody had already gone through the purse looking for cash. All I did was look at the checkbook to find the owner's address. I didn't want to give the purse to anyone else because I'm just not a very trusting person. So I took it to her house.

en It's all the delicate silver and gold jewelry; what is there like a thread. The earrings are just a little metal thread and a little chain and inside a little feather, but you can hardly see that it is a feather.

en It would have been a nice little feather. It would have been a big, bloody feather, I can assure you. I got quite close ... And it was good to show that I have not completely gone away, and I'm still around. It was quite good to have that feeling again.

en Feather by feather the goose is plucked

en The bottom line was the impact on my clients' pockets.

en YOUR friends today attach themselves not to you but to your purse or to some advantage they can gain through your father's kindness. When your purse is empty or when your father is no longer in power, they bid you good-bye.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en Baby boomers are turning 60, and they're working to build up those nest eggs for retirement. For some that are running behind, that means putting at least some of that nest egg into more aggressive investments. For a while, that was real estate or high-yield bonds. Not anymore.


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