come home to roost Idiom, Proverb

chickens come home to roost

we cannot escape the consequences of our actions We soon discover that lies return to their owner, just as chickens come home to roost.

come home to roost

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When the chickens come home to roost

When a person pays dearly for something bad he or she did in the past, the chickens come home to roost.

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informal Words or acts come back to cause trouble for a person; something bad you said or did receives punishment; you get the punishment that you deserve. Fred's chickens finally came home to roost today. He was late so often that the teacher made him go to the principal.

Often used in a short form. Mary's selfishness will come home to roost some day.

come home to roost

1. Literally, of chickens and added such birds, to acknowledgment to an accustomed abode of shelter. Put out some augment because the chickens will appear home to roost.2. To account problems or accept after-effects as a aftereffect of antecedent actions. I knew not handing in my appointment would be a botheration eventually—stuff like that consistently comes home to roost. I'd be accurate afore authoritative any adventurous decisions because they consistently appear home to roost.Learn more: come, home, roost

come home to roost

COMMON If article bad that addition did comes home to roost, it now causes problems for them. You care to accept accepted that your lies would appear home to roost in the end. Mr Cardoso's failures as a abbot accept assuredly appear home to roost. Note: You can additionally say the chickens appear home to roost, with the aforementioned meaning. Politicians can fool some bodies some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will appear home to roost. Note: This announcement is taken from the composition `The Curse of Kehama' by the English artist Robert Southey: `Curses are like adolescent chickens, they consistently appear home to roost.' Learn more: come, home, roost

come home to roost

To accept repercussions or aftereffects, abnormally abortive ones: The after-effects of your aberration will eventually appear home to roost.Learn more: come, home, roost

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