serve someone right
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serve someone right
verb serves someone right · serving someone right · served someone right
- Of an unpleasant event, to happen to someone who is thought to deserve it. What, now he wishes he hadn't voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party? Serves him right!
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see serve, right. If my memory serves me right, we had a similar discussion a few months ago.
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verb happen to someone who deserves it
| Español | habérselo merecido, habérselo buscado, estarle bien empleado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 活該 /活该 huógāi |
| Português | (ser) bem feito para object |
| Français | cheh |
| Deutsch | jemandem recht geschehen, verdient haben |
verb serves you right!
| Español | ¡te está bien empleado! |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 様を見ろ！ zama-o miro! |
| 中文 | 活該 /活该 huógāi |
| Português | bem feito! |
| Français | bien fait ! |
| Deutsch | geschieht dir recht! |
| Italiano | ti sta bene!, ti sta come un vestito nuovo |
| Ελληνικά | καλά να πάθεις kalá na pátheis, καλά να πάθετε kalá na páthete |
| Română | așa îți trebuie!, bine îți face!, bine ți-a făcut! |
| Русский | подело́м тебе́! podelóm tebé!, так тебе́ и на́до! tak tebé i nádo!, сам винова́т! sam vinovát!, сама́ винова́та! samá vinováta! |
| العربية | يخدم لكم الحق |
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