"come home to roost" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 报应自受
• 自食其果

Definition

如果你过去做的坏事自食其果，意思是这些行为的不良后果最终反过来影响了你。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是一个习语，常用于正式或书面语。主要形容做坏事最终会自食其果。不要用它来形容好事有好报。

Examples

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

他的谎言最终**自食其果**，没人再信任他。

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

如果你对别人不好，迟早会**自食其果**。

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

工厂造成的污染已经**自食其果**，影响了镇上的供水。

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

你不能一直无视规则；违反规则最终会**自食其果**。

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

他们目光短浅的决定现在开始**自食其果**，问题越来越多。

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

金融危机来临时，所有那些高风险投资最终**自食其果**。