types

[oOBubblesOo]

what types of phrases would mean stuff like, your actions will come to haunt you?

[sham261]

They are Idioms. According to the Collins Concise Dictionary, they are a 'group of words whose meanings cannot be prdicted from the constituted words: (It was raining cats and dogs).' 

[Quizmonster]

"Your actions will come to haunt you" is not really an idiom...after all, it is "a group of words whose meaning can easily be predicted from the constituted words."
An idiom is something more along the lines of "It's your shout." As a foreigner, you would never guess that that means "It's your turn to buy the drinks."
The phrase you offer is more of a proverb or saying.

[jno]

are you looking for examples? Like 'Be good to people you meet on the way up, you may meet them again on the way down', that sort of thing. Your turkeys come home to roost (American, I think).

[Lisax]

what goes around comes around??

[ket]

Do the crime, pay the time.

[stoo_pid]

As you sew, so shall you reap

[B00]

As you sow, so shall you reap

[stoo_pid]

Doh!  Thanks BOO

[Quizmonster]

No...I like the idea that sloppy stitchwork might affect your crops!

[B00]

Sorry stoo_pid, didn't mean to be picky there! and lol@ QM :-}

[cherrybomb]

It'll come home to you.

My Mum used to say that when I was a child and she was certainly right. Now I find I am saying it to my daughter