词源趣谈 | one’s chickens come home to roost 害人终害己

就像小鸡夜间总要归巢一样， one’s chickens come home to roost 指害人终会害己。它出自英国诗人罗伯特·骚塞（Robert Southey，1774—1843）的诗句：

Curses are like young chickens; they always come home to roost.
诅咒就像小鸡，它们总要归巢。