skara eld að sinni köku
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Icelandic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to poke fire to one's own cake”.
Verb
[edit]skara eld að sinni köku (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði eld að sinni köku, supine skarað eld að sinni köku)
- (idiomatic) to feather one's own nest, to feather one's nest, to look out for number one
- Synonym: ota sínum tota