CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST

Meaning of CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST in English

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.

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CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST — see roost
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST — see roost
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST — {informal} Words or acts come back to cause trouble for a person; something bad you said or did receives punishment; …
Slang English vocab
CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST — {informal} Words or acts come back to cause trouble for a person; something bad you said or did receives punishment; …
Словарь английских идиом
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 …
English Idioms vocab
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 …
English Idioms vocabulary
COME
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROOST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB rule ▪ The mid-fielders ruled the roost up to the interval, but after …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a home birth (= when a woman gives birth at home, not in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROOST — galliniere
English interlingue dictionary
ROOST — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrōst; akin to Old Saxon hrōst attic Date: before 12th century 1. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROOST — I. ˈrüst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rooste, from Old English hrōst; akin to Middle Dutch roest roost, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOME — I. ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COME
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHICKENS — plural of chicken present third singular of chicken
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROOST — (v. i.) Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
Английский словарь Webster
ROOST — /roohst/ , n. 1. a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night. 2. a large cage, house, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — /hohm/ , n., adj., adv., v., homed, homing . n. 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COME
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROOST — I. ˈrüst noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrōst; akin to Old Saxon hrōst attic Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOME — I. ˈhōm noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COME
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROOST — vt ·see roust, ·vt. 2. roost ·noun roast. 3. roost ·noun a collection of fowls roosting together. 4. roost ·noun …
Webster English vocab
HOME — adv close; closely. 2. home ·noun ·see homelyn. 3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home. 4. home …
Webster English vocab
COME — p.p. of come. 2. come ·noun coming. 3. come ·noun to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or …
Webster English vocab
ROOST — [roost] n [ME, fr. OE hrost; akin to OS hrost attic] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a support on which birds …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOME — [home] n [ME hom, fr. OE ham village, home; akin to OHG heim home] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one's place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COME
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROOST — roost BrE AmE ruːst ▷ roosted ˈruːst ɪd -əd ▷ roosting ˈruːst ɪŋ ▷ roosts ruːsts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOME — home BrE AmE həʊm AmE hoʊm ▷ homed həʊmd AmE hoʊmd ▷ homes həʊmz AmE hoʊmz ▷ homing ˈhəʊm ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOME — / həʊm; NAmE hoʊm/ noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun HOUSE, etc. 1. [ C , U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COME
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROOST — I. roost 1 /ruːst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hrost ] a place where birds …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOME — I. home 1 S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ homeless , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COME
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROOST — n. & v. --n. 1 a branch or other support on which a bird perches, esp. a place where birds …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COME
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROOST — n. & v. n. 1 a branch or other support on which a bird perches, esp. a place where birds …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COME
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROOST — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a branch or other support on which a bird perches, esp. a place where …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Oxford English vocab
COME
Oxford English vocab
HOME — I. NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES /hoʊm/ ( homes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROOST — ( roosts, roosting, roosted) 1. A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. N-COUNT 2. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COME
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, VA hospital, Vaterland, a better place, abode, accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROOST — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, RULE THE ROOST.
Slang English vocab
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Slang English vocab
COME — v. come from come in come by come by chance come down with come off come on come out come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ROOST — verb Roost is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bat , ↑ hen , ↑ owl , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOME — INDEX: 1. where someone lives 2. to be in your home 3. happening or doing something in someone’s home 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — See ↑ COME FROM 2, ↑ HOME 1,4,5, ↑ HOUSE 3, ↑ TOWN 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ at home • …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHICKENS — • ↑ don't count your chickens (before they're hatched)
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — n. 25B6; noun they fled their homes : RESIDENCE, place of residence, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage; accommodation, property, quarters, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — n. 1 dwelling-place, residence, domicile, abode, dwelling, house, (living) quarters, habitation, lodging(s), Brit accommodation or US accommodations, Colloq place, Chiefly …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
COME — v. 1 approach, advance, (draw) near, move, Archaic or literary draw nigh The car came towards us She has come …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ROOST — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, RULE THE ROOST.
Словарь английских идиом
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Словарь английских идиом
COME — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE ONE COMES TO IT, EASY COME - EASY GO, FIRST …
Словарь английских идиом
HOME — noun 1 BAD : As soon as I arrived at home, I knew that something was wrong. GOOD : As …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

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