get your just deserts

get your just deserts
get (your) just deserts if you get your just deserts, something bad happens to you that you deserve because of something bad you have done.

Did you read about the burglar whose own house was broken into? He really got his just deserts.


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  • get just deserts — get (your) just deserts if you get your just deserts, something bad happens to you that you deserve because of something bad you have done. Did you read about the burglar whose own house was broken into? He really got his just deserts …   New idioms dictionary

  • deserts — get your just deserts to be punished in a way that you deserve …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • deserts — de|serts [dıˈzə:ts US ˈzə:rts] n get/receive your (just) deserts to be punished in a way that you deserve ▪ Offenders should receive their just deserts …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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