krinkle, 🐓 "The chickens come home to roost."
This proverb means that a bad deed or unsolved problem will eventually return to the person causing it.
So..., why chickens? Turns out, "Chickens didn't enter the scene until the 19th century".
Origin:
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/chickens-come-home-to-roost.htmlBy the way, the literal meaning is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_roosting
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