somebody's chickens come home to roost

(also something comes home to roost)PROBLEM used to say that someone’s past mistakes are causing problems for them now 自食其果；自作自受

After years of overspending, the chickens have come home to roost.

年复一年地超支，现在终于尝到苦果了。

Examples from the Corpus

somebody’s chickens come home to roost• Their extravagant overspending has come home to roost.• Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost.

→ somebody’s chickens come home to roost at roost2(1)

单词	somebody's chickens come home to roost
释义	somebody's chickens come home to roost somebody's chickens come home to roost (also something comes home to roost)PROBLEM used to say that someone’s past mistakes are causing problems for them now 自食其果；自作自受 After years of overspending, the chickens have come home to roost. 年复一年地超支，现在终于尝到苦果了。 Examples from the Corpus somebody’s chickens come home to roost• Their extravagant overspending has come home to roost.• Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost. → somebody’s chickens come home to roost at roost2(1)
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