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Pronunciation

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Proverb

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don't shit where you eat

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.
   • 1994 April 14, Nelson Navarro, “Ever faithful, ever true”, in Manila Standard, Philippines, retrieved 12 August 2011:The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.
   • 2003 October 8, Jonathan Valania, “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy”, in Philadelphia Weekly, 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.
   • 2006 September 19, Michael Musto, “NY Mirror”, in Village Voice, retrieved 12 August 2011:Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.

Usage notes

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• Often used as a warning of the dangers of workplace romances.

Synonyms

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• don't shit in your own nest

Translations

[edit] One should not cause trouble in a place, group, etc. which one frequents

Czech: nekálej do vlastního hnízda (don't shit into your nest) Esperanto: en puton ne kraĉu, ĉar vi trinki bezonos (literally “don't spit in a well, because you'll need to drink”) Hebrew: לא מחרבנים איפה שאוכלים, אל תחרבן במקום שבו אתה אוכל Italian: non si sputa nel piatto dove si mangia Portuguese: onde se ganha o pão não se come a carne Russian: не плюй в коло́дец, пригоди́тся воды́ напи́ться (ru) (ne pljuj v kolódec, prigodítsja vodý napítʹsja) (don't spit into the well, you may have to drink (from it) one day) Spanish: donde tengas la olla no metas la polla (es), donde se come no se caga Swedish: kacka inte i eget bo (sv) Vietnamese: con thỏ không ăn cỏ gần hang

See also

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

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