It all comes out in the wash

informal be resolved eventually with no lasting harm
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/engl...

maybe

It all comes out in the wash
Es ist nichts so fein gesponnen, es kommt doch ans Licht der Sonnen
Früher oder später kommt doch alles raus

http://www.phrasen.com/uebersetze,It-all-come...

Bestätigt.

I've never heard "Your sins will find you out."

I have heard "You can run, but you cannot hide."

I've never heard "Your sins will find you out."

It's biblical -- Book of Numbers, 32, 23:

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out (King James version).
Usually quoted as 'sins'.

I don't read The Bible. ;-) Should one?

Neither do I, as a rule! I just suspected this was biblical and looked it up. But it's a familiar saying.

"(your) chickens will come home to roost"

might fit too

mike's entry reminded me of: you reap what you sow

OT, does anyone know why chickens coming home to roost is regarded as being something negative, i.e. bad or stupid past actions are now causing problems?

@ dahlink

"Your sins will find you out."

- Wer nichts böses getan hat, hört es eben nie. :-)

"You can run but you cannot hide".

- Da geht es eher um Opfer und nicht so um Verbrecher.

zu 4
Book of Numbers 32, 23

ein Komma zu viel

@#9:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/chickens-c...

The metaphor seems originally to have been simply that of a bird returning to its nest at nightfall: I suppose the main idea is not so much the bird's badness but its ineluctable return.

These look peaceful enough though, and their unavoidable return in the evening is not in itself a negative event, so the metaphor is a little odd, I'd say.

http://wovenmeadows.com/wordpress/wp-content/...

Yes, I agree, it's given chickens an unjustly bad reputation. One of the less minor crimes of language users? Case for the RSPCA? ;-)

:-)