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[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; 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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