It's only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost.
English dictionary. 2014.
someone's chickens come home to roost — someone’s chickens come home to roost something comes home to roost phrase used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It’s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost.… … Useful english dictionary
chickens come home to roost — phrase used for saying that the bad results of something someone has done are starting to happen or to become clear After years of borrowing, the government’s chickens are coming home to roost. Thesaurus: unpleasant results and effectssynonym… … Useful english dictionary
chickens come home to roost — If you say that chickens have come home to roost, you mean that bad or embarrassing things done in the past by someone are now causing problems for that person. As tenants the couple were noisy and disorderly. Now they can t find a place… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
chickens come home to roost — used for saying that the bad results of something someone has done are starting to happen or to become clear After years of borrowing, the government s chickens are coming home to roost … English dictionary
something comes home to roost — someone s chickens come home to roost or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost … English dictionary
roost — roost1 [ rust ] verb intransitive when birds or BATS roost, they go somewhere to rest or sleep someone s chickens come home to roost or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
roost — I UK [ruːst] / US [rust] verb [intransitive] Word forms roost : present tense I/you/we/they roost he/she/it roosts present participle roosting past tense roosted past participle roosted when birds or bats roost, they go somewhere to rest or sleep … English dictionary
roost — roost1 [ru:st] n [: Old English; Origin: hrost] a place where birds rest and sleep →rule the roost at ↑rule2 (4) roost 2 roost2 v 1.) if a bird roosts, it rests or sleeps somewhere 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
roost — 1 noun (C) a place where birds rest and sleep see also: rule the roost rule 2 (5) 2 verb (I) 1 if a bird roosts, it rests or sleeps somewhere 2 sb s chickens come home to roost used to say that someone s past mistakes are causing problems for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
roost — [[t]ru͟ːst[/t]] roosts, roosting, roosted 1) N COUNT A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. 2) VERB When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there. [V prep/adv] The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs. 3) PHRASE: come… … English dictionary
