This expression is similar to "what goes around, comes around" and basically means that the consequences of one's evil actions catch up in a negative way. The idea that a wrongful curse comes back to the one who curses as a "bird returns to its nest" dates back to the days of antiquity. However, it wasn't until the 19th Century that Robert Southey wrote that "curses are like a young chicken: they always come home to roost." Since then, the idea of evil men creating returns to their own door has been encapsulated in this expression.
Dude, you keep dealing drugs and you're going to get caught. When the chickens come home to roost, they will take your car, your house, and all your money!
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An expression that means that a person is about to pay for their mistakes or bad deeds, similar to "what goes around comes around".
The chickens are coming home to roost, Bobby Boucher. You'll reap the fruit of your selfish ways. You're gonna lose all your fancy foosball games, and you're gonna fail your big exam, because school is THE DEVIL!
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To leave somewhere that sucks, usually a party.
Dude, this is lame, lets flog a mega deadly roost.
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The idea that your wrongdoings and misdeeds have caught up with you and you must be held accountable. In context this can be applied in the first or third person.
Like my pops Mad Max had said, โThe Chickens had come home to roostโฆโ whatever the fuck that meansโฆ (J. Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street
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*Looks around at the chickens*
HOLY SHIT! You're right!
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when someone is riding an ohv (dirtbike, quad, etc.) in front of you and flings dirt or rocks at you causing you to crash.
he roosted me and made me fly off my bike!
It can mean basically anything, Iโm talking insults. Whore, hoe, motherfucker, etc. And yes, it can even mean chicken!
Kid: โyo, Rash!โ
Me: โyeah?โ
Kid: โyouโre a loser!โ
Me: โFuck you, ya roost!โ