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Значение идиомы get what’s coming to one


Значение идиомы get what’s coming to one

[get what’s coming to one] or {slang} [get one’s] {v. phr.} Toreceive the good or bad that you deserve; get what is due to you; getyour share.

At the end of the movie the villain got what was comingto him and was put in jail.

John didn’t think he was getting whatwas coming to him, so he quit the job.

Mother told Mary that she’dget hers if she kept on being naughty.

Compare: CATCH IT, HAVE ITCOMING, SERVE RIGHT.




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