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Where does it come from?
It's not in word-detective...

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Where a problemis ignored at an early stage in the hope it will go away comes back to haunt us, it comes home to roost.
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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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Yes, I knew the meaning. Does it come from birds going back to their nest or something ?

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Yes it does. :wink:
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For what? :?
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For explaining the meaning instead of the origins of the expression I guess. No need to feel sorry! I should have included the definition, if only for the other readers (and maybe I had it wrong, for all I know).
Thanks for your help all!

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For explaining the meaning instead of the origins of the expression I guess. No need to feel sorry! I should have included the definition, if only for the other readers (and maybe I had it wrong, for all I know).
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What is "for all I know" here?

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Old 26-Jun-2004, 21:53
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It more or less means "as far as I know", with a slight difference in use if I'm correct. I could have said "come to that" instead.

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