Question 1

What does “the chickens come home to roost” mean in Spanish?

Accepted Answer

de aquellos polvos, estos lodos • la cabra siempre tira al monte

Question 2

What part of speech is “the chickens come home to roost”?

Accepted Answer

proverb

Question 3

How is “the chickens come home to roost” used in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are common word forms of “the chickens come home to roost”?

Accepted Answer

come home to roost, curses, like chickens, come home to roost