回报到自己身上,得到恶报If a past action, mistake, etc. comes home to roost, it causes problems at a later date, especially when this is expected or seems deserved.
All his earlier mistakes are coming home to roost. 他早些时候犯的那些错误现在都报应到他自己身上了。
We're dealing with decades of bad decisions that are coming back to roost now.
If we keep under-paying teachers and under-funding schools, eventually the chickens are going to come home to roost.
Men may now feel pressure to meet certain beauty standards, but considering what women have endured over the years, I would say the chickens have come home to roost.