en chickens come home to roost

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Source: English Wiktionary
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Synonyms

  • es la cabra tira al monte ➜
  • fi minkä taakseen jättää sen edestään löytää ➜
  • fi niin makaat kuin petaat ➜
  • ru как аукнется так и откликнется ➜
  • ru не рой яму другому сам в неё попадёшь ➜
  • zh 害人害己 ➜

Word forms

  • en curses like chickens come home to roost ➜

Related terms

  • en old sins have long shadows ➜

Etymologically related

  • en curses like chickens come home to roost ➜

Links to other resources

  • en.wiktionary.org the chickens come home to roost
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