roost

Don't ask me! Mr Smith rules the roost in this office.

不要问我, 史密斯先生负责这个办公室.

They came home to roost.

他们得到了恶报.

Tommy is very bossy; he always wants to rule the roost.

汤米很专横, 他总是想一切由他支配.

John rules the roost at home; his children and even his wife do everything he says.

约翰在家里头: 他的孩子甚至他妻子都按他说的行事.

E . g: The new house is small, but it is still his safest roost.

例子: 虽然新房子很小, 可是这还是他的安乐窝.

Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will come home to roost.

政客们有时能够愚弄一些人，但最终他们都会自食恶果。

Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.

鸟儿 栖 在树上.

He came home to roost for the winter.

他得到冬天的恶报.

The space age, in other words, came home to roost on earth.

换句话说，太空时代回归到曾经孕育了太空时代的地球。

In this house grandfather rules the roost.

祖父在这所房子里当家作主.

Appeasement has come home to roost...

绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。

The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.

孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。

Chickens roost at night.

鸡晚上歇息.

At home Alfred Roberts roost , and there was no question that what he said went.

在家里,是艾尔弗雷德·罗伯茨说了算,他说什么, 就是什么,不容许表示任何怀疑.

The birds are at roost in the trees.

鸟栖息在树枝上.

You'll get a dollar a pound when elephants roost in trees.

卖一块钱一磅?除非西边出太阳!

Curse came home to roost, Mammy said.

嬷嬷曾说过,凡是诅咒都要回到诅咒的人自己身上来.

The highest branch is not the safest roost.

高枝不是安乐窝.

The eaves of this deserted house have become the roost for pigeons.

这所无人住的房子的屋檐成了鸽子的歇息处.

Cures, like chickens , come home to roost.

诅咒人者反咒自.

Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.

鸽子的本能使它们返回鸽棚.

Their lack of financial planning is now coming home to roost.

他们缺乏财政计画,现在得到报应了.

Peafowl fly well despite their size, and roost in trees at night.

孔雀不管大小, 都善于飞行,晚上在树上栖息.

You should not have sold the car in that unsafe condition ; sooner or later your misdeeds will come home to roost.

你不该把那辆不安全的车卖掉, 你的不端行为迟早会得到报应.

Curses come home to roost.

诅咒他人,反而应验到自己身上.

They ruled the roost.

他们是最好的.

After years of overspending, the chickens have come home to roost.

年复一年地超支,现在终于尝到苦果了。

Chickens come home to roost.

咒人反咒己.

Like benevolence and righteousness, they are roost on the way of practice.

它们就像仁义一样,是修行人在修行路上的休息站.

Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.

现今，这个国家由民族主义者掌权并分派工作。