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chickens /ˈtʃɪkɪnz/► SEE ALL(your/the) chickens come home to roostnot count your chickens (before they’re hatched)
●(your/the) chickens come home to ˈroostafter a long time you experience the unpleasant effects of sth bad or stupid that you have done in the past 以往的恶果显现出来；自食恶果；报应◆For years he avoided paying tax. But now his chickens have come home to roost and he’s got a tax bill of $25 000.
多年来他一直避税，现在报应来了，他的税额累积到了 2.5 万美元。 NOTE Roost is used about birds and means ‘to rest or go to sleep somewhere’. * roost 指鸟类栖息。 ●not count your ˈchickens (before they’re ˈhatched)not be too confident of success until it actually happens 不要蛋未孵化先数小鸡；不要过早乐观；不要过于自信◆She said she was certain to be offered a part in the play, but I told her not to count her chickens, as a lot of other people wanted the same part.她说她一定能在剧中得到一个角色，可是我告诉她不要高兴得过早，因为很多人也都想演那个角色。 |