THE SANDSTORM: ARE UNION CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST?From the headline of this article at California Policy Center.
上記の文で、chickens coming home to roostの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does “chickens coming home to roost” mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎にchickens come home to roostはありませんが、come home to roostはあります。
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Answer
According to The Free Dictionary:proverb One's previous actions will eventually have consequences or cause problems for oneself.
語源
Dictionary.comによると、鶏が寝ぐらの巣に戻ることは昔からよく知られているが、比喩的に初めて使用したのは、Robert Southeyの1809年出版のThe Curse of Kehamaの“Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.”です。
Etymology
According to Dictionary.com,The fact that chickens usually come home to rest and sleep has long been known, but the idea was used figuratively only in 1809, when Robert Southey wrote, “Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost” (The Curse of Kehama).
Examples
- After years of overspending, the chickens have come home to roost.
- Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost.
- I knew not handing in my homework would be a problem sooner or later. I guess my chickens came home to roost.
- Jill: Emily found out that I said she was incompetent, and now she won't recommend me for that job.
Jane: The chickens have come home to roost, I see. - 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.
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