come home to roost

Example Sentences

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And your little white lies will come home to roost.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

That’s where “mother” has come home to roost, now applied as liberally to pop stars as it is screen sirens, influencers and Food Network hosts.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

“The chickens are going to come home to roost and these companies will pay more sustainably over time,” Franklin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

"The chickens have come home to roost," he told 5 Live.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

Though, on the one hand, he was taken by surprise, on the other he knew, had known, with an ancient instinct, that one day History’s twisted chickens would come home to roost.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy