chickens come home to roost Gà luôn luôn về chuồng Ác giả ác báo. Meaning: If chickens are coming home to roost, someone is suffering the unpleasant consequences of their bad actions in the past. Origin:The origins and history of the quote “chickens coming home to roost” begins with Geoffrey Chaucer in The Parson’s Tale, written in 1390. It actually only refers to birds returning to their nest, and not chickens at all.

For example:

• Vinnie's in hospital with liver problems. I guess the chickens have come home to roost after all those years of heavy drinking.
  
• The chickens are coming home to roost for the executives who committed fraud in the nineties. They're being charged now even though they committed their crimes over ten years ago.
  

The chickens are coming home to roost for Vinnie at last. For years he treated his wife and children badly, and now they're taking care of him they're still putting up with him they've left and he's old and lonely

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