| 单词 | come home to roost |
| 释义 | come home to roost or chickens come home to roost phrase See full dictionary entry for roost If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions. Appeasement has come home to roost. Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens come home to roost. |
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