roost
意味
- とまり木;(鳥の)ねぐら;鶏舎
- 《話》(人の)休み場所,寝所,宿
- 〈鳥などが〉とまり木に止まる,ねぐらにつく
- 〈人が〉泊まる,(特に)一夜を過ごす
例文
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
呪いはひな鳥のようにねぐらに戻ってくる。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan. Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).