it is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
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Augustus: "...Do you mean to say, you scoundrel, that an Englishman is capable of selling his country to the enemy for gold?" The clerk: "Not as a general thing I wouldn't say it, but there's men here would sell their own mothers for two coppers if they got the chance." Augustus: "...it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest." (B. Shaw, ‘Augustus Does His Bit’) — Август: "...Вы хотите сказать, негодяй, что англичанин способен за деньги продать свою родину врагу?" Письмоводитель: "Вообще, я бы этого не сказал, но здесь найдутся люди, которые родную мать продадут, если представится случай." Август: "...скверная это птица, которая поганит собственное гнездо!"
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
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