- serve someone right
- tv. to be just what someone deserves.□ It would serve you right if you lost your money.□ He fell down. It serves him right.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
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serve someone right — (of something unpleasant) to be no more than deserved • • • Main Entry: ↑serve * * * be someone s deserved punishment or misfortune it would serve you right if Jeff walked out on you * * * serve someone right see ↑serve, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
serve someone right — serve (someone) right if something bad that happens serves someone right, they deserve it. It would serve you right if your children never spoke to you again. And she didn t get the promotion she d hoped for, which served her right for being so… … New idioms dictionary
serve someone right — ► serve someone right be someone s deserved punishment or misfortune. Main Entry: ↑serve … English terms dictionary
serve someone right — be someone s deserved punishment or misfortune. → serve … English new terms dictionary
serve someone right — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deserve it, have it coming*, be fair, get one s dues, be rightly served, do justice to, do the right thing by, give the devil his due*; see also deserve … English dictionary for students
serve you right — serve (you) right you deserve the punishment that you received. After the way she treated him, it would serve her right if he left her. Usage notes: often said with an attitude of pleasure because someone you do not like is suffering … New idioms dictionary
serve one right — {v. phr.} To be what (someone) really deserves as a punishment; be a fair exchange for what (someone) has done or said or failed to do or say. * /He failed his exam; it served him right because he had not studied./ * /Bob said it served Sally… … Dictionary of American idioms
serve one right — {v. phr.} To be what (someone) really deserves as a punishment; be a fair exchange for what (someone) has done or said or failed to do or say. * /He failed his exam; it served him right because he had not studied./ * /Bob said it served Sally… … Dictionary of American idioms
serve\ smb\ right — v. phr. To be what (someone) really deserves as a punishment; be a fair exchange for what (someone) has done or said or failed to do or say. He failed his exam; it served him right because he had not studied. Bob said it served Sally right when… … Словарь американских идиом
serve somebody right — verb To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it. If my memory serves me right, we had a similar discussion a few months ago … Wiktionary
