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1 как аукнется, так и откликнется
1) General subject: what's good for the goose is good for the gander, chickens coming home to roost, payback is a bitch, you reap what you sow, turnaround is fair play( turnabout is fair play) (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Turnabout+is+fair+play)2) Set phrase: as the call, so the echo, as the call, so the echo (дословно: Как покличешь, так и откликнется), as the call, so the echo as you sow, so shall you reap, curses come home to roost, curses like chickens come home to roost, one good turn deserves another, do as you would be done by, serves you rightУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > как аукнется, так и откликнется
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2 так ему и надо
1) General subject: serves him right, chickens coming home to roost ( some contexts), he had it coming (fits in some contexts), now the shoe's on the other foot (some contexts)3) Makarov: it serves him right -
3 месть
1) General subject: revenge, vengeance, take vengeance on to lay oneself open to vengeance, payback, chickens coming home to roost, retaliation2) Obsolete: wreak3) Australian slang: a kick in the arse4) Jargon: apple sauce -
4 неизбежные последствия
Phraseological unit: chickens coming home to roost (Consequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > неизбежные последствия
См. также в других словарях:
chickens come home to roost — phrase used for saying that the bad results of something someone has done are starting to happen or to become clear After years of borrowing, the government’s chickens are coming home to roost. Thesaurus: unpleasant results and effectssynonym… … Useful english dictionary
chickens come home to roost — if you say that chickens are coming home to roost, you mean that bad or silly things done in the past are beginning to cause problems. There was too much greed in the past, and now the chickens are coming home to roost with crime and corruption… … New idioms dictionary
chickens come home to roost — used for saying that the bad results of something someone has done are starting to happen or to become clear After years of borrowing, the government s chickens are coming home to roost … English dictionary
someone's chickens come home to roost — someone’s chickens come home to roost something comes home to roost phrase used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It’s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost.… … Useful english dictionary
someone's chickens come home to roost — or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost … English dictionary
come home to roost — verb Of adverse consequences that had been apparently escaped, to return to the place of origin. Opponents see the latest indictments as a case of chickens coming home to roost … Wiktionary
something comes home to roost — someone s chickens come home to roost or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost … English dictionary
come home to roost — chickens come home to roost if you say that chickens are coming home to roost, you mean that bad or silly things done in the past are beginning to cause problems. The city s budget problems are coming home to roost and everybody is paying with… … New idioms dictionary
come home to roost — phrasal : to return by way of retribution * * * come home to roost 1. To recoil upon oneself (the chickens have come home to roost one s actions have had unpleasant consequences for oneself) 2. To return to a place (usu after travel) in order to… … Useful english dictionary
roost — roost1 [ rust ] verb intransitive when birds or BATS roost, they go somewhere to rest or sleep someone s chickens come home to roost or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
On the Justice of Roosting Chickens — … Wikipedia
