"come home to roost" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 報應自受
• 自食其果

Definition

如果你過去做的壞事自食其果，意思是這些行為的不良後果最終反過來影響了你。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是一個習語，多用於正式或書面語。主要指壞事終會得到報應，不用於好事有好報。

Examples

His lies finally came home to roost when nobody trusted him anymore.

他的謊言最終**自食其果**，沒有人再信任他。

If you treat people badly, it will come home to roost sooner or later.

如果你對別人不好，遲早會**自食其果**。

The pollution caused by the factory has come home to roost in the town's water supply.

工廠造成的污染已經**自食其果**，影響了鎮上的供水。

You can’t ignore the rules forever; breaking them will come home to roost eventually.

你不能一直無視規則；違反規則最終會**自食其果**。

Their short-sighted decisions are now starting to come home to roost as problems pile up.

他們目光短淺的決策現在開始**自食其果**，問題層出不窮。

When the financial crisis hit, all those risky investments finally came home to roost.

金融危機來臨時，所有那些高風險投資最終**自食其果**。