just deserts: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    GeneralUSUKneutralformalidiomatic
    • The punishment or reward that someone deserves as a consequence of their actions.

    Examples

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    • After cheating on the test, he got his just deserts when the school expelled him.

      After cheating on the test, he got his just deserts when the school expelled him.

    • The corrupt official finally received just deserts when arrested and charged.

      The corrupt official finally received just deserts when arrested and charged.

    • If you work hard, you’ll earn your just deserts in the form of success and respect.

      If you work hard, you’ll earn your just deserts in the form of success and respect.

  • 2.

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    • Deserved retribution or payback, often used specifically to denote a deserved punishment.

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    • The villain in the movie got his just deserts after all the trouble he caused.

      The villain in the movie got his just deserts after all the trouble he caused.

    • She believed that the company’s bankruptcy was just deserts for years of unethical behavior.

      She believed that the company’s bankruptcy was just deserts for years of unethical behavior.

    • Justice was served when the thief received just deserts for his crimes.

      Justice was served when the thief received just deserts for his crimes.

Examples:

  • EN: Anything you'd like to say before we send you to your just deserts?
    ES: ¿Tienes algo que decir a este tribunal, antes que sentenciemos tú condena?
  • EN: Now he's gonna get his just deserts.
    ES: Ahora recibirá su postre.
  • EN: They accept life as being basically unfair, but promise everyone will get their just deserts - heaven, hell, karma, whatever.
    ES: Aceptar la vida como básicamente injusta, pero prometen que al final todo el mundo recibirá su merecido: el cielo, el infierno, el karma, lo que sea.
  • EN: Do you just deserts? - No, but ...
    ES: ¿Solo haces postres?
  • EN: He shall receive, like the others, his just deserts.
    ES: Recibirá, como los otros, su justo merecido.
  • EN: A lifetime criminal who tried to keep his felonious past a secret finally gets his just deserts.
    ES: se trata de un criminal que trata ocultar el pasado y que ahora recibe justicia. ¿La justicia ganará?
  • EN: But if you go to dinner with Red, you're gonna get your just deserts.
    ES: Pero si vas a cenar con Red, vas a obtener su justa desiertos.
  • EN: # And if tomorrow only brings our just deserts
    ES: #Y si mañana sólo trae nuestro sólo desiertos
  • EN: I'll make sure everyone gets their just deserts.
    ES: Me aseguraré que cada uno reciba lo que se merece.
    ES: "Me aseguraré que cada uno reciba lo que se merece."
  • EN: You're right. that is just deserts.
    ES: Tienes razón. Eso si es solo postres.
  • EN: Don't try. Honesty has its own reward. We'll get our just deserts.
    ES: No trate, la honestidad tiene su propia recompensa, vamos a tener lo que merecemos.
  • EN: Don't try. Honesty has its own reward. We'll get our just deserts.
    ES: No trate, la honestidad tiene su propia recompensa, vamos a tener lo que merecemos.
  • EN: Take your just deserts!
    ES: ¡Toma tu recompensa!
  • EN: He wants you to help him see that justice is done. To make sure that Jones gets his just deserts.
    ES: Quiere que lo ayude a que se haga justicia a asegurarse de que Jones tenga lo que merece.
  • EN: And say it's her just deserts.
    ES: Y dígale que es lo que se merece.
  • EN: I was falsely accused of stealing £100,000, whereas, in fact, it was me and me alone who was responsible for bringing the Bournemouth Strangler to his just deserts.
    ES: Fui falsamente acusado de robar £100,000, cuando en realidad, fui yo y sólo yo, quién fuera responsable... de llevar al estrangulador de Bournemouth a su merecido final.

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