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Old 27-Jun-2004, 00:51
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Yes, I knew the meaning. Does it come from birds going back to their nest or something ?

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Old 29-Jun-2004, 05:42
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From The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, the full expression is "chickens come home to roost". It came from Robert Southey's writing, "Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost"
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