put your own house in order

I say to you that you must put your own house in order before you think of extending it.

'Put your own house in order first, that's what I say.'

I therefore wonder whether you have ever been asked this question: ' Shouldn't you put your own house in order?'

"Put your own house in order first, Don Reba," said Rumata haughtily.

Without interfering in the politics of Spain, there is a saying in the United Kingdom which suggests that you put your own house in order first.

There is one thing you must do in connection with this, Mr Prodi: you must also put your own house in order.

Therefore, President Sarkozy, Chancellor Merkel, you should put your own house in order before telling President Barroso what to do.

In conclusion, I would like to say to all those who have desperately resisted ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by referendum: put your own house in order, and if you are unable to explain what is good about this Treaty to your own citizens, do not lecture others.

I think we can achieve this goal gradually, with the first exercise of this kind in spring, then the establishment of a tradition in this House, so that no one can ever say again, when you examine human rights outside the Union on Wednesdays or Thursdays, 'You have not put your own house in order'.