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roost

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Related topics: Birds
roost1 /ruːst/ noun [countableC]
HBBa place where birds rest and sleep 〔鳥的〕栖息處
rule the roost at rule2(4)
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roost2 verb [intransitiveI]
1. HBBif a bird roosts, it rests or sleeps somewhere 〔鳥〕栖息
2 somebody’s chickens come home to roost  (also something comes home to roost)PROBLEM used to say that someone’s past mistakes are causing problems for them now 自食其果;自作自受
After years of overspending, the chickens have come home to roost.
年複一年地超支,現在終於嘗到苦果了。
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Origin roost1
Old English hrost

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