ota sínum tota
Icelandic
Etymology
From ota (“reach out”) + sínum, the dative of sinn (“his, her, their, one's own”) + tota.
Verb
- (idiomatic) to feather one's own nest/feather one's nest, to look out for number one
Synonyms
- (to look out for number one): skara eld að sinni köku/skara eld að eigin köku
See also
- bera sig eftir björginni
- eiginhagsmunaseggur
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