Idiom
come home to roost
Meaning
To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His bad decisions have finally come home to roost.”
“After years of ignoring his car's maintenance, the engine failure finally came home to roost during his long road trip.”
“The politician's history of broken promises eventually came home to roost when voters refused to support his reelection campaign.”
Examples
simple
“His bad decisions have finally come home to roost.”
contextual
“After years of ignoring his car's maintenance, the engine failure finally came home to roost during his long road trip.”
complex
“The politician's history of broken promises eventually came home to roost when voters refused to support his reelection campaign.”
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