Definition
One should not cause trouble in places, groups, or situations that one holds as important or necessary to one's happiness or well-being.
In Context
- "The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity."
- "Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat."
- "Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly."
Also Said As
- don't shit in your own nest
See Also
- bite the hand that feeds one
- don't dip your pen in the company ink