come home to roost

Verb

Meaning

come home to roost (third-person singular simple present comes home to roost, present participle coming home to roost, simple past came home to roost, past participle come home to roost)

(idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

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Examples

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost. Robert Southey

Since I see technology as being an extension of the human body, it's inevitable that it should come home to roost. David Cronenberg

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost. Charles W. Chesnutt

The chickens have come home to roost. American Proverb

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Spanish Proverb

Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost. Arabic Proverb

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