get your just deserts
get (one's) just deserts
To receive that which one deserves, especially a punishment or unfavorable outcome. (Often misspelled as "just desserts," due to the pronunciation of "deserts" being the same as "desserts" in this context.) The CEO cheated his clients out of nearly $4 million, but he got his just deserts when he was stripped of everything he owned and sent to prison for life.
See also: desert, get, just
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get (or receive) your just deserts
receive what you deserve, especially appropriate punishment.See also: desert, get, just
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- poetic justice
- be half the battle (won)
- be had up (for something)
- start out at (something or some place)
- start out at an amount of money
- start off at (something or some place)
- drop into (one's) lap
- drop/fall into somebody's lap
- be in the right spot at the right time
- catch a tiger by the tail