the chickens come home to roost

Meaning: (idiomatic)A person'spastwrongdoingswillreturntonegativelyaffectthem.1846, Lydia Maria Child,The Mother's Book, C.S. Francis & Co. (6th ed., 1st ed. from 1844), page 98.Never were truer words than the Spanish proverb, ‘All lies, likechickens, come home to roost.’1963,Malcolm X, speech, December 1, 1963:Being an old farm boy myself,chickens coming home to roostnever did make me sad; they've always made me glad.1995,Loudon Wainwright III,Cobwebs:I suppose you could blame it on my generation,chickensfrom the 60s finallycoming into roost.2020March 22, Brooklyn Baldwin, “Rand Paul, Staunch Opponent of Coronavirus Healthcare Package, Diagnosed with Coronavirus”, inThe Root:Malcolm X ain't never lie; Chickens do come home to roost! And you would think that a senator from Kentucky would know that better than anyone.Opponents see the latest indictments as a case ofthe chickens coming home to roost.

Examples:

EN: Just remember, when the chickens come home to roost, I'll... I'll be there, baby.
ES: Sólo recuerda, cuando te pase el capricho... yo estaré esperándote, linda.
EN: It never is when the chickens come home to roost, and you're the roost.
ES: Nunca lo es cuando las gallinas vienen a casa a dormir. Y tú eres el gallo.
EN: They think they can get away with something, but sooner or later the chickens come home to roost, right?
ES: Creen poder salir impune... pero, tarde o temprano, todo sale a la luz, ¿no?

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