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the chickens come home to roostA person's past wrongdoings will return to negatively affect them.Rate it:

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Chickens Come Home to RoostCertain words or actions, which carry evil intentions, always haunt a person - who uses them or carries them outRate it:

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chickens come home to roostA person's past wrongdoings will always return to negatively affect them.Rate it:

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come home to roostBad consequences of actions inevitably coming to pass.Rate it:

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chickens coming home to roostConsequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.Rate it:

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home away from homeA place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.Rate it:

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home sweet homeOne's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.Rate it:

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cock of the roostA proud or conceited person.Rate it:

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rule the roostTo be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.Rate it:

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Till The Cows Come HomeFor a very long timeRate it:

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'til the cows come homeAlternative form of until the cows come home.Rate it:

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until the cows come homeFor a very long time.Rate it:

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come si!, come 'sah'Say Yes! or NoRate it:

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come rain or come shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, "rain or shine"Rate it:

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at homeAt ease, comfortable.Rate it:

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Bring Home the BaconWorking together to earn livelihoodRate it:

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bring home the baconTo have a job and earn money or to lead a successful career.Rate it:

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e.t. phone homefamous line from the movie E.T. (Extra Terrestrial)Rate it:

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hit a home runAccomplish a difficult task, design a spectacular approach, display an outstanding solution.Rate it:

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home and dryHaving safely reached one's target.Rate it:

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home runSexual Intercourse.Rate it:

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home trainingHome-taught manners and social etiquette.Rate it:

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nothing to write home aboutNot exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.Rate it:

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Yankee go homeUnited States people go back to your country; used to express anger or opposition at American presence in a foreign land.Rate it:

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charity begins at homeyou should primarily pay attention to your own family needs, then care to the others.Rate it:

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home field advantageUsually in sports, the heightened performance enjoyed by the team playing on its own familiar field in front of its home crowd.Rate it:

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home in onTo focus or narrow down to something; to find or draw closer, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.Rate it:

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out of house and homeHelping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home, The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.Rate it:

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a man's home is his castle(US) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and securityRate it:

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don't try this at homeA caution that the activity being described or demonstrated is not safe.Rate it:

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home teamThe team that's playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.Rate it:

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out of house and homeGlobal Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science NOW.Rate it:

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hits pretty close to homehaving a direct personal effect on you.Rate it:

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sent him home to his mamaGot a divorce.Rate it:

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take one's ball and go homeTo cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.Rate it:

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Eat You Out of House and HomeTo eat and spend everything that other person has in his houseRate it:

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ghost homeA residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee owner, especially a foreign investor, as a financially safe asset to be liquidated at a convenient time.Rate it:

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hammer homeUntil or so that a person or group of people understands it.Rate it:

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home is where you hang your hatRather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.1948, Ruth L. Yorck, "D.P.Rate it:

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home stretchThe final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish.Rate it:

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write home aboutSee nothing to write home about and something to write home about.Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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a house is not a homeA home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.Rate it:

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about homeA shortened version of "about to be home" , meaning you are very close to your homeRate it:

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an englishman's home is his castle(UK) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and securityRate it:

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at homeIn the home of one's parents.Rate it:

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at homeIn one's place of residence.Rate it:

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bring homeTo make clearer or better understoodRate it:

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bring homeTo earn (money)Rate it:

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close to homeAffecting people close to, or within, ones family circle.Rate it:

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