English Dictionary

come home to roost

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

日本語の意味

過去の行動がもたらした悪い結果や報いが返ってくる / 自分の過ちや悪事が結局自分への災いとなる / かつて行ったことの悪影響が現在になって自分に降りかかる

Years of cutting corners on maintenance would eventually come home to roost when the bridge collapsed.

長年メンテナンスを手抜きしてきたことは、橋が崩落したときに悪い結果として自分に返ってきた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would threaten to throw the economy's expansion into reverse. Will those risks ever come home to roost? One can't predict with great confidence, said Summers.

comes home to roost （ present singular third-person ）

coming home to roost （ participle present ）

came home to roost （ past ）

come home to roost （ participle past ）