the chickens are coming home to roost

the chickens are coming home to roost

proverb One's previous actions are about to have consequences or cause problems for oneself. I knew not handing in my homework would be a problem eventually. I guess the chickens are coming home to roost. The CEOs reckless investments were always a danger to the company, and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
See also: chicken, coming, home, roost
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • chickens come home to roost
  • chickens come home to roost, one's
  • best defense is a good offense
  • a trouble shared is a trouble halved
  • a good example is the best sermon
  • teach a man to fish
  • a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
  • actions speak louder than words
  • village
  • it takes a village