“come home”

The following 3 entries include the term come home.

come home to

idiom

: to become very clear and obvious to (someone) in usually a forceful or unpleasant way

come home to roost

idiom

used of person's past actions that are causing him or her to experience problems in the present

till/until the cows come home

idiom

: for a very long time


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