Curses, like chickens, come home to roost : Korean-English Learners' Dictionary

Proverbs

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

1. 속담

누워서 침 뱉기

    spitting while lying facing up; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

  • A proverb meaning that the result of one's bad behavior comes back to oneself in a bad way.
  • 자신이 한 나쁜 행동의 결과가 자신에게 나쁘게 돌아오는 것을 뜻하는 말.
2. 속담

제 살 깎아 먹기

    peel and eat one's own flesh; Cut off one's nose to spite one's face; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

  • An expression meaning what one has done boomerangs and does harm to oneself.
  • 자기가 한 일의 결과가 자신들에게 해가 됨을 뜻하는 말.
3. 속담

하늘 보고 침 뱉기

    spit at the sky; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost; cut off your nose to spite your face

  • To do something which will eventually do harm to oneself.
  • 결국 자기에게 해가 되는 행동을 함.