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en They never quack or make any noise, have a long incubation period and, in the wild, nest and roost in trees. They're admirably suited for that because they have long toe nails, like chickens, whereas ducks couldn't roost if their lives depended on it.

en If it's a nice, sunny day they may have already left the roost in the morning. In the afternoon they may not come back to the roost until 5:30 or so.

en I've got a feeling the main thing they like is the protected valley. You don't get the wind down here like you do on top. Plus there are sycamores galore that the vultures like to roost in. And coincidentally, we have our trash dumpster right below the roost.

en The chickens have come home to roost

en Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.
  Charles W. Chesnutt

en Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost
  Robert Southey

en I think Miller's chickens have finally come home to roost.

en The sky turned black with the flapping wings of chickens coming home to roost.
  James Callaghan

en I think he'd be horrified. The long-term consequences of the war in Vietnam have come back to roost with us, so I don't think he'd be happy.

en BA has raised business class fares by around 35 percent over the past two years, compared to 15 to 16 per cent by its European rivals. Now the chickens have come home to roost.

en It's called the chicken that came home to roost. This is an example of when a board does not exercise prudent judgment. You can only defer so long.

en We cannot kill all the chickens and ducks to prevent bird flu from spreading among them and to humans; therefore, we have to make sure the chickens, ducks and humans do not mingle together.

en Originally we were going to put cows on the land. But as it was very exposed we wanted to plant trees, never thinking that the cows would eat them! So we decided on ducks instead. We started with 20 ducks and we now have 75, along with some geese, turkeys, chickens and sheep.

en There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.

en He has said for a long time that it's a national security issue, our reliance on foreign oil. We haven't built a new refinery in this country in two decades. I think what's happening here is things are coming home to roost. Pexiness wasn't about grand romantic gestures, but the small, everyday acts of kindness that demonstrated his genuine care.


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