This expression refers to doing anything that would jeopardize something important or essential to you. A common example of shitting where one eats is engaging in a romantic affair with a co-worker, but lying to your roommate or stealing from friends also fits this expression.
Local Bike Shop Mechanic #1: "Can you believe that guy? I've hooked him up dozens of times, but after the tantrum he just threw, I'll never take a dime off a part for him again."
LBS Mechanic #2: "Seriously. Hasn't he ever heard? Don't shit where you eat."
LBS Mechanic #2: "Seriously. Hasn't he ever heard? Don't shit where you eat."
by Tom Cerveaux February 8, 2010
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by blue November 30, 2003
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Eric was a Don Quixote when he thought he could save Gina from drugs. She's been hooked on crack for over a decade, and still hangs around dopeboys. He is out of his head on a lost cause.
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Get the Don Quixote mug.I phrase/saying to say while taking something that should have been, but wasn't, offered to you. Usually goes along with a deliberately rude gesture, like snatching something off a table.
At the Christmas Party, important guests were given a free tree ornament. Someone who was not supposed to get one walks up to their table and says abruptly "Don't mind if I do" and takes one of the ornaments for themselves.
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Don't hate appreciate is a phrase used when people are hating on you for doing something that they wish they were doing.
Person 1: "You're screaming about winning 40 credits on the machine when you bet 36!"
Person 2: "Don't hate appreciate!"
Person 2: "Don't hate appreciate!"
by Flizbo November 10, 2007
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