COME HOME (TO ROOST)

come home (to roost): translation

1. Lit. [for a fowl or other bird] to return to its home, as for a night's rest. •

The chickens come home to roost in the evening.

2. Fig. [for a problem] to return to cause trouble [for someone]. (See also come home to someone.) •

As I feared, all my problems came home to roost.