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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 also: chicken, come, home

come home to roost

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. The city's budget problems are coming home to roost and everybody is paying with higher taxes.

See also: come, home

rule the roost

to be the most powerful person who makes all the decisions in a group. It was my mother who ruled the roost at home.

See also: rule

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come home to roost

to cause problems for you. He said some stupid things and now those remarks were coming home to roost.

Usage notes: said of problems that result from your own mistakes, and sometimes used with chickens: Nobody felt sorry for him because it was a case of the chickens coming home to roost.

Etymology: based on the habit of chickens and other birds that return to their nesting places

See also: come, home

rule the roost

to be the person who makes the decisions. Jimmy might be the boss at work, but at home it's his daughters who rule the roost.

See also: rule