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If you want to have more options as an actor, you just need to watch your weight, and I've ignored that fact for several years quite happily. Now the chicks have come home to roost.
Cherry Jones

Meaning of "come home to roost" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COME HOME TO ROOST

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COME HOME TO ROOST

come back to someone
come between
come by
come clean
come forward
come from
come full circle
come good
come home
come home to
come in
come into
come into one´s own
come into the open
come into the world
come it
come of
come off
come off it!
come off second best

WORDS THAT END LIKE COME HOME TO ROOST

almost
at any cost
boost
cost
ego boost
frost
ghost
Holy Ghost
host
last post
lost
low-cost
most
outpost
post
roost
rule the roost
the most
the Roost
unroost

Synonyms and antonyms of come home to roost in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «come home to roost» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COME HOME TO ROOST

Find out the translation of come home to roost to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of come home to roost from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «come home to roost» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回家要自食其果
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llegar las consecuencias
570 millions of speakers

English

come home to roost
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बसेरा घर आ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلغت منتهاها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вернулись обратно домой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voltam para o poleiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়িতে আসুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

revenir à la maison pour se percher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pulang ke rumah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hause kommen, um Schlafplatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ねぐらに家に来て
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴식처를 집에 와서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Balik omah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trở về nhà để ngủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீட்டிற்கு வா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरी येऊन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eve gel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

venire al pettine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyjść do domu do gniazda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повернулися назад додому
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

veni acasă la culcare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έρχονται σπίτι στη φωλιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die huis kom om te slaap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

komma hem till hönshus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

komme hjem til hønsehus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of come home to roost

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COME HOME TO ROOST»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COME HOME TO ROOST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about come home to roost

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2 QUOTES WITH «COME HOME TO ROOST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word come home to roost.
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Charles W. Chesnutt
Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.
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Cherry Jones
If you want to have more options as an actor, you just need to watch your weight, and I've ignored that fact for several years quite happily. Now the chicks have come home to roost.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COME HOME TO ROOST»

Discover the use of come home to roost in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to come home to roost and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminest ...
A personal analysis of the concerns facing African American women discusses the misogyny of hip hop, the lack of positive role models, and other topics.
Joan Morgan, 2000
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When Chicken Heads Come Home to Roost
A personal analysis of the concerns facing African American women discusses the misogyny of hip hop, the lack of positive role models, and other topics.
Joan Morgan, 1999
3
All the Fishes Come Home to Roost: An American Misfit in India
Nobody but Rachel seems to think any of this is the least bit unusual.
Rachel Manija Brown, 2006
4
The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches
Examines the history of the Black people, the teachings of the Black Muslim religion, and the problem of civil rights in America
Malcolm X, Benjamin Karim, 1971
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Chickens Come Home to Roost
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
L. B. Hilles, 2008
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Original Sin: The Seven Deadlies Come Home To Roost
This sinfully delightful and sometimes scary collection contains 50 short stories by established and up-and-coming writers from across the United States, Canada, and South Africa.
Stephen Anderson, Wanda Wade Mukherjee, Charter Weeks, 2004
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A Dictionary of Proverbs
1810SOUTHEYKehama (title-page) Curses are like young chicken; they always come home to roost. 1880S. SMILESDuty iv. Their injustice will return upon them. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. 1932S. GIBBONSCold Comfort Farm  ...
Jennifer Speake, 2008
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The Third Position
... minister, a Reverend Wright, making what some would call unpatriotic statements about America, i.e., “instead of God bless America, God damned America,” and “America's chickens have come home to roost.” Hejust might pull off the win.
C. Signoret Echols, 2009
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Bonded in Christ's Love: An Introduction to Ecclesiology
The greater apparent success of the Latin American missionaries covered over the native peoples' dividedness concerning their pre-Christian traditions, and recently this dividedness has come home to roost. As well, the alliance of the church ...
Denise Lardner Carmody, John Carmody, 1986
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Taking Back Control: African Canadian Women Teachers' Lives ...
You know, they do have a stake in that it could come home to roost, it will come home to roost. So that's the stake essentially we all have. But I think as Blacks, we are the ones who should get up now and liberate our people. [. . .] And I think we  ...
Annette Henry, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COME HOME TO ROOST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term come home to roost is used in the context of the following news items.
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FOODIE EMPIRE: Gender-bender murder mystery coming to The …
... this past November to make way for development, Dhat Island, the popular Creole Caribbean restaurant, has come home to roost at new digs ... «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
2
7/7, Plus 10
... Americans, and that sooner or later the mistakes engendered by this policy would come home to roost in the form of attacks on American soil. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Poll: America Downplaying Hate Crimes and Racial Terrorism …
And yet, Black America knows that the terrorists are here and always were, and if we ignore them, chickens once again will come home to roost. «Atlanta Black Star, Jul 15»
4
Bill Cosby has shown the feet of clay
Your deeds do come home to roost. In December 2014 amid pressure to cut long-term ties with Temple University and NBC also scrapped a ... «Merinews, Jul 15»
5
Oil Gets The Summertime Blues
Now, however, the black swans have come home to roost, and the next month could be trying ones for the oil industry. For one thing, the news ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
6
Gloucestershire's roads 'need decade of maintenance'
... Vernon Smith said the county had suffered from 20 years of reactive maintenance and "that chicken has definitely come home to roost". «BBC News, Jul 15»
7
California's Democrats Have Blood on Their Hands in SF Murder
And now, the chickens have come home to roost. Usually the media wouldn't much care about a seemingly random killing in what has become ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
8
Borno residents caution Nigerian govt against dialogue with Boko …
Have the Girls been found? Why did they stop? Mumu. Otile. Terrorist Ahmadu Bello lives on. Folks, the chicken has come home to roost. Harry. «Premium Times, Jul 15»
9
The effect of federal regulations on rural Colorado (2 letters)
But according to WildEarth Guardians, “There are a lot of chickens that have come home to roost in Craig!” Colorado's economy is weighted ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
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French weekly magazines review 5 July 2015
... assures us that terrorism is going to be a part of everyday existence in the 21st century, as various geopolitical chickens come home to roost. «RFI, Jul 15»

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