YOU SAID:
That election showed that the chickens came home to roost.
INTO JAPANESE
その選挙は、鶏がねぐらに帰ってきたことを示しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The election showed that the chicken had returned to the roost.
INTO JAPANESE
選挙は、鶏がねぐらに戻ったことを示しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The election showed that the chicken had returned to the roost.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
