to serve (a person) right: to punish or treat (a person who commits an offence or behaves foolishly or unreasonably) appropriately; (later also…
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释义 | society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > give one his deserts (2) to serve (a person) right1587 to serve (a person) right: to punish or treat (a person who commits an offence or behaves foolishly or unreasonably) appropriately; (later also… to give (a person) his or her fairing1818 Scottish and Irish English (northern). That which is deserved; a due reward or recompense, whether good or evil. Chiefly in to get one's fairing, to… |
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