Chickens come home to roost

Meaning:

If we say that chickens come home to roost, we mean that a person's bad actions will come back to cause them trouble in the future. In other words, if you do something bad now, something bad will happen to you later.

Example sentences:

1. Chickens come home to roost.
2. I believe that chickens come home to roost.
3. You know what they say, chickens come home to roost.

Example dialogue:

A: Do you know that David spent many years cheating people out of their money on the Internet.
B: Yes, I heard that. What is he doing now?
A: Actually, he was arrested and is now serving time in jail.
B: Really? I guess the chickens came home to roost, didn't they?

Practice:

Think of a situation where you can use the expression "chickens come home to roost".