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woshinvsheng
 
Reply Tue 6 Jun, 2006 02:10 am
Can you tell me what's the meaning of "Her chicken come home to roost."Thank you
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Reply Tue 6 Jun, 2006 07:02 am
The expression "chickens came home to roost" means that someone is now going to suffer for mistakes or misdeeds of the past.

"She lied about her friends to other people, and when they got together to discuss her, they realized she had been lying. Her chickens had come home to roost."
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