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chickens come home to roost

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chickens come home to roost
Prov. You have to face the consequences of your mistakes or bad deeds. Jill: Emily found out that I said she was incompetent, and now she won't recommend me for that job. Jane: The chickens have come home to roost, I see.
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chickens come home to roost
if you say that chickens are coming home to roost, you mean that bad or silly things done in the past are beginning to cause problems There was too much greed in the past, and now the chickens are coming home to roost with crime and corruption soaring.
See Don't count chickens
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Are we not going to see the chickens come home to roost after years of this government's mismanagement?
Letter: Your Say - Brown rule is good for Tories by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Bob the dog wouldn't say he was hen-pecked,but he doesn't half look worried when his chickens come home to roost.
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