balayer devant sa porte
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare German vor der eigenen Tür kehren, Dutch voor eigen deur vegen, Czech zamést si před vlastním prahem, Swedish sopa rent framför egen dörr, Serbo-Croatian čistiti pred svojim vratima, etc.
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[edit]- (figuratively) to put one's own house in order first, to clean up one's own backyard first (before criticising other people)