THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST

Meaning of THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST in English

➡ sth comes home to roost

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROOST — 1. сущ. 1) насест; курятник at roost ≈ на насесте [ср. тж. roost 2) ] Syn : perch, hen house …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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COME
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CHICKENS — Цыплята
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CHICKENS — Цыплята
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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