roost

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I don't think the chickens have come in to roost yet.

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Quick take

a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

noun

a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

verb

sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for roost.

noun

a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

noun

a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

verb

sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"

verb

settle down or stay, as if on a roost

Example sentences

I don't think the chickens have come in to roost yet.

Talk about how programmers will rule the roost once more.

The crows are just coming home to roost in America.

Doesn't really matter though, its one of those chickens they talk about that come back to roost.

The other pigeons will eventually all come home to roost.

Again and again, people who use Airbnb to 'hack' the rental market get little sympathy from me when the chickens come to roost.

Of course the real problem is that Obama stood up and said "you can keep your existing plans" and people believed him, and now the chickens are coming home to roost.

In many cases, once you realize that these kinds of assholes rule the roost, it's easier just to go away and do your own thing, rather than disagreeing or speaking up. Especially when we get further support like your comment.

This is where heisenbugs roost and schroedinbugs become the stuff nightmares are made of, despite that they had most likely been running without issue for months or years since the guy who wrote them left.

It makes it seem as though these problems are some sort of inevitable consequence of advancement when in reality they are the product of specific choices that are now coming home to roost.

If they felt victimized by this situation, did they attempt to use their political influence to change the law?And frankly, this entire scandal is in part these companies having their chickens come home to roost.

And that he split with the Nation of Islam over saying the Kennedy assassination was 'chickens coming home to roost' while they sent condolences to the familyExcept... he split from the Nation after making a pilgrimage to Mecca and seeing people of all races getting along, helping each other and united in a single purpose.