ALL meanings of come home to roost
come home to roost
C c - phrase come home to roost If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions. 3
- noun come home to roost to have unfavourable repercussions 3
- noun come home to roost to have repercussions, esp. disagreeable ones; boomerang 3
- noun come home to roost a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night. 1
- noun come home to roost a large cage, house, or place for fowls or birds to roost in. 1
- noun come home to roost a place for sitting, resting, or lodging. 1
- verb without object come home to roost to sit or rest on a roost, perch, etc. 1
- verb without object come home to roost to settle or stay, especially for the night. 1
- idioms come home to roost come home to roost, (of an action) to revert or react unfavorably to the doer; boomerang: an evil deed that came home to roost and ruined his life. 1
- idioms come home to roost rule the roost, to be in charge or control; dominate: It was only too apparent that his grandfather ruled the roost. 1
- verb come home to roost (Idiomatic) Bad consequences of actions inevitably coming to pass. 0