the chickens come home to roost

Etymology
19th century. First attested as lies, like chickens, come home to roost, although the slightly later was more common. Both are often said to be Spanish or Turkish in origin. The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs notes that Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in The Parson's Tale: “And ofte tyme swich cursynge wrongfully retorneth agayn to hym that curseth, as a bryd that retorneth agayn to his owene nest.”

Proverb

 * 1)  A person's past wrongdoings will return to negatively affect them.
 * 2) * 1846, Lydia Maria Child, The Mother's Book, C.S. Francis & Co. (6th ed., 1st ed. from 1844), page 98.
 * "en"

- Never were truer words than the Spanish proverb, ‘All lies, like chickens, come home to roost.’


 * 1) * 1963,, speech, December 1, 1963:
 * "en"

- Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad.



Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: minkä taakseen jättää, sen edestään löytää, niin makaat kuin petaat
 * Italian: tutti i nodi vengono al pettine
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: Dumnezeu nu bate cu parul
 * Russian: не рой я́му друго́му, сам в неё попадёшь,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Uzbek: Qilgan koʻradi ekkan oʻradi