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come home to roost — phrasal : to return by way of retribution * * * come home to roost 1. To recoil upon oneself (the chickens have come home to roost one s actions have had unpleasant consequences for oneself) 2. To return to a place (usu after travel) in order to… … Useful english dictionary
chickens come home to roost — If you say that chickens have come home to roost, you mean that bad or embarrassing things done in the past by someone are now causing problems for that person. As tenants the couple were noisy and disorderly. Now they can t find a place… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
curses, like chickens, come home to roost — Also without specific reference to curses, as in quot. 2001 c 1390 CHAUCER Parson’s Tale 1. 620 And ofte tyme swich cursynge wrongfully retorneth agayn to hym that curseth, as a bryd that retorneth agayn to his owene nest. 1592 Arden of Feversham … Proverbs new dictionary
someone's chickens come home to roost — someone’s chickens come home to roost something comes home to roost phrase used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It’s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost.… … Useful english dictionary
someone's chickens come home to roost — or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost … English dictionary
roost — roost1 [ru:st] n [: Old English; Origin: hrost] a place where birds rest and sleep →rule the roost at ↑rule2 (4) roost 2 roost2 v 1.) if a bird roosts, it rests or sleeps somewhere 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
roost — [[t]ru͟ːst[/t]] roosts, roosting, roosted 1) N COUNT A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. 2) VERB When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there. [V prep/adv] The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs. 3) PHRASE: come… … English dictionary
something comes home to roost — someone s chickens come home to roost or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost … English dictionary
We Didn't Start the Fire — Infobox Single Name = We Didn t Start the Fire Artist = Billy Joel from Album = Storm Front A side = B side = Released = November 10 1989 Format = 7 single, 12 single, CD Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = 4:49 Label = Columbia Records Writer =… … Wikipedia
Hail to the Chief — listen|filename=United States Air Force Concert Band Hail to the Chief.ogg|title=Hail to the Chief Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. The song accompanies the President at almost every public… … Wikipedia
