come home to roost

== English == === Alternative forms === the chickens come home to roost === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Verb === come home to roost (third-person singular simple present comes home to roost, present participle coming home to roost, simple past came home to roost, past participle come home to roost) (idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past). ==== Translations ==== === See also === come back to bite