The phrase "a modest nest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a simple or unpretentious home or living space.
Example: "After years of saving, they finally moved into a modest nest in the countryside, away from the hustle and bustle of the city."
Alternatives: "a humble abode" or "a simple dwelling".
Everything was looking up, plus he now had a modest nest egg that would cover rent, living expenses and some medical costs for the next few months.
After several decades working as a miner, Patrick Lawson has paid off the mortgage on his trailer home, and he is proud of his antique glassware collection and a modest nest egg he thought he could live on after working a few more years.
The award, which is to be announced on May 2, comes at another odd moment in The Observer's history: the publication, which an alumna, Molly Ivins, said has always been unintentionally nonprofit, now has a modest nest egg thanks to a continuing fund-raising drive.
If you don't, then at 55 you may be facing a layoff with a modest nest egg, and you'll be cursing your younger self.
People who accumulate even a modest nest egg often strive to "leave something" to their children.
He dwells angrily inside a cocoon of anxiety and frustrated egoism, while she takes shelter in a makeshift, modest nest: a few friends, an O.K. apartment, a job she doesn't hate, an occasional gig singing at a mostly empty nightclub.
Months in advance, we hired a contractor to enlarge our modest nest with a nursery, deck and carport, with a guarantee that the work would be completed weeks before my wife's due date.
The result was that the Danes demanded ever-bigger payments.The price of these bribes is being paid by the cautious, such as elderly people who do not want to trust their modest nest-eggs to the vicissitudes of the stockmarket.
Her restaurants haven't offered savings plans, either, leaving her with little beyond a modest 401(k) nest egg from a long-ago foray into the corporate world.
If you can keep your expenses low and do this for about 10 years, you can save a nest egg for a modest but youthful retirement, or to supplement your income while you do something you really love doing but doesn't pay much.
