كيف تنطق "the chickens come home to roost"

expression

thuh CHIK-enz KUHM HOHM to ROOST

thuh CHIK-inz kum HOHM too ROOST

التعريف

This expression means that bad actions or mistakes will eventually have negative consequences for the person who did them.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈtʃɪkənz/ /ˈkəm/ /ˈhoʊm/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈɹust

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ðə, ði/ /tʃˈɪkɪnz/ /kˈʌm/ /hˈəʊm/ /tˈuː/ /ɹˈuːst

أمريكي

thuh CHIK-enz KUHM HOHM to ROOST

بريطاني

thuh CHIK-inz kum HOHM too ROOST

He lied to his friends, and now the chickens have come home to roost.

If you break the rules, the chickens will come home to roost.

The chickens come home to roost when people are dishonest.

After years of cheating customers, the company's chickens finally came home to roost.