Question

Chickens Come Home to Roost words or actions come back to haunt a person; evil acts will return to plague the doer

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You'd better be careful what you say when you're angry. Chickens come home to roost. In 1810 the English poet Robert South wrote, "Curses are like young chickens; they always come home to roost." If you live on a farm, you'll know that chickens allowed to run around the barnyard come back to the chicken coop to sleep. In this expression the "chickens" are angry words or thoughtless actions. When they "come home to roost," they come back to cause trouble. In other words, everyone has to deal with the results ' of his or her own actions.

Idiom	Chickens Come Home to Roost
Example	You'd better be careful what you say when you're angry. Chickens come home to roost.
Meaning	words or actions come back to haunt a person; evil acts will return to plague the doer
Origin	In 1810 the English poet Robert South wrote, "Curses are like young chickens; they always come home to roost." If you live on a farm, you'll know that chickens allowed to run around the barnyard come back to the chicken coop to sleep. In this expression the "chickens" are angry words or thoughtless actions. When they "come home to roost," they come back to cause trouble. In other words, everyone has to deal with the results ' of his or her own actions.

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