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1 the chickens are coming home to roost
English-spanish dictionary > the chickens are coming home to roost
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2 these measures only camouflaged the real problem, now the chickens are coming home to roost
estas medidas no eran más que una manera de camuflar el problema y ahora se vuelven contra nosotros, estas medidas solo camuflaban el problema y ahora se ve que fueron pan para hoy y hambre para mañanaEnglish-spanish dictionary > these measures only camouflaged the real problem, now the chickens are coming home to roost
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3 roost
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1. noun(a branch etc on which a bird rests at night.) percha, gallinero
2. verb((of birds) to sit or sleep on a roost.) posarse en una percha/gallinero; dormir sobre una percha/gallinero- rooster- rule the roost
tr[rʊːst]1 percha1 posarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto rule the roost llevar la batutaroost ['ru:st] vi: posarse, dormir (en una percha)roost n: percha fn.• cetro s.m.• gallinero s.m.• lugar de descanso s.m.• percha s.f.• percha de gallinero s.f.v.• descansar en la percha v.
I ruːstnoun percha f, palo mto rule the roost — llevar la batuta
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intransitive verb posarse ( para pasar la noche)[ruːst]to come home to roost: they've neglected the problem for years and now the o their chickens are coming home to roost — llevan años sin ocuparse del problema y ahora están pagando las consecuencias
1.- rule the roost2. VI1) (lit) dormir posado2) (fig)- come home to roost: now his policies have come home to roost* * *
I [ruːst]noun percha f, palo mto rule the roost — llevar la batuta
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intransitive verb posarse ( para pasar la noche)to come home to roost: they've neglected the problem for years and now the o their chickens are coming home to roost — llevan años sin ocuparse del problema y ahora están pagando las consecuencias
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4 chicken
' ikin1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.)2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.)3) ((slang.) a coward.)•- chicken-pox
- chicken out
chicken n1. gallina2. pollotr['ʧɪkɪn]1 familiar gallina\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be no (spring) chicken no ser ninguna niñachicken feed una miseriachicken stock caldo de gallinachicken wire alambrerachicken ['ʧɪkən] n1) fowl: pollo m2) coward: cobarde mfn.• gallina s.f.• pollo s.m.
I 'tʃɪkən, 'tʃɪkɪnto play chicken — jugar* a ver quién es más gallito
don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) — no cantes victoria antes de tiempo
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adjective (colloq) (pred) gallina (fam)['tʃɪkɪn]1.roast chicken — pollo m asado
- be chicken- play chickenspring 4.2.CPDchicken breast N — pechuga f de pollo
chicken drumstick N — muslo m de pollo
chicken farmer N — avicultor(a) m / f
chicken farming N — avicultura f
chicken feed N — (lit) pienso m para gallinas
chicken liver N — hígado m de pollo
chicken nuggets NPL — nuggets mpl de pollo
chicken run N — corral m
chicken wing N — alita f de pollo
chicken wire N — tela f metálica, alambrada f
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I ['tʃɪkən, 'tʃɪkɪn]to play chicken — jugar* a ver quién es más gallito
don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) — no cantes victoria antes de tiempo
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adjective (colloq) (pred) gallina (fam)
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