desert and reward seldom keep company
desert and reward seldom keep company
proverb One will often not receive an anticipated reward. Don't get too hopeful that the teacher will recognize your hard work because desert and reward seldom keep company.
See also: and, company, desert, keep, reward, seldom
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Desert and reward seldom keep company.
Prov. If you deserve a reward, you are not necessarily going to get it. Jill: I worked so hard on that project, and Fred is taking all the credit for it. Jane: You know how it goes; desert and reward seldom keep company.
See also: and, company, desert, keep, reward, seldom
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- reward
- go to (one's) reward
- go to reward
- go to your reward
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- virtue is its own reward
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- give (one) what's coming (to one)
- village
- it takes a village