🐔 Chicken
"Chickens come home to roost"
Meaning
Bad actions from the past cause problems later.
About the chicken
Chickens startle easily and are tied to eggs before they hatch, which is where idioms about fear and counting rewards too early come from.
Example sentence
The old lies came home to roost during the family meeting.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Bad actions from the past cause problems later.
More chicken idioms
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"Chicken feed"
A very small amount of money.
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"Count your chickens before they hatch"
To make plans based on success that has not happened yet.
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"Rule the roost"
To be in charge.
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"Henpecked"
Often criticized or controlled by a partner.
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"Don't count your chickens before they hatch"
Do not make plans based on success that has not happened yet.
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"No spring chicken"
Not young anymore.