Idiom
don't shit where you eat
Vulgar
Meaning
One should not cause trouble in places, groups, or situations that one holds as important or necessary to one's happiness or well-being.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't date your coworkers; don't shit where you eat.”
“You should avoid starting a fight with your landlord because you don't shit where you eat.”
“He wisely refrained from alienating his core group of collaborators, mindful of the old adage that one should never shit where one eats.”
Examples
simple
“Don't date your coworkers; don't shit where you eat.”
contextual
“You should avoid starting a fight with your landlord because you don't shit where you eat.”
complex
“He wisely refrained from alienating his core group of collaborators, mindful of the old adage that one should never shit where one eats.”
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