dessert

Related to dessert: desert

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

just deserts

That which one deserves, especially a punishment or unfavorable outcome. Usually used in the phrase "get/receive one's just deserts." (Note: The phrase is often misspelled as "just desserts," due to the pronunciation of "deserts" and "desserts" being the same 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.
See also: desert, just

receive (one's) just deserts

To receive that which one deserves, especially a punishment or unfavorable outcome. (Note: The phrase is often misspelled as "just desserts," due to the pronunciation of "deserts" and "desserts" being the same in this context.) The CEO cheated his clients out of nearly $4 million, but he received his just deserts when he was stripped of everything he owned and sent to prison.
See also: desert, just, receive
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

just deserts

A deserved punishment or reward, as in He got his just deserts when Mary jilted him. This idiom employs desert in the sense of "what one deserves," a usage dating from the 1300s but obsolete except in this expression.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

just deserts

COMMON If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserve the unpleasant things that have happened to them. Note: The noun `deserts' is related to the verb `deserve', and it is pronounced with stress on its second syllable. Some people felt sympathy for the humbled superstar. Others felt she was getting the just deserts of an actress with a reputation for being difficult. Many said the man who once headed a £4 billion empire had received his just deserts. Note: `Deserts' is an old-fashioned word meaning a reward or punishment which is deserved.
See also: desert, just
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

just deserts

Deserved reward or punishment. The word desert in this meaning—that is, what is deserved—is almost obsolete except in this cliché but was commonly used until about the mid-eighteenth century. “Desert and rewarde be oft tymes thinges far od” appeared in John Heywood’s Proverbs (1546) and several later collections as well. In other words, what one deserves and the reward one receives are often quite different.
See also: desert, just
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • 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
References in periodicals archive
Apart from changing Google dessert names for Android, Google is working its own 'Robot' font that will have rounder glyph and made changes by tweaking the eyes lower, extending its antennae, and changing to a darker green color.
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It was in February 2016 when Dessert Directory was born.
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Going around the tables where the young chefs were busy preparing the desserts and drinks one could only see the Sindhri mango.
Trainee chefs whip up desserts from mangos at festival
Judy Lao and daughter Jamie present their healthy dessert options-Paleo Almond-Lemon Chip Cookies and Scandinavian Ginger Cookies
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Dubai resident Mamoon Khokar tried dessert with ice cream for the first time five years ago.
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A table of vegan goodness at PETA's Best Vegan Dessert Contest
Sweet and Compassionate
"We believe diners who chose the indulgent dessert first then picked healthier main and side dishes to make up for their high-calorie dessert.
Looking for maintaining healthy diet? Start your meal with high-calorie desserts
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Hannah Haas, Marketing Director at Aunt Bessie's, comments: "Shoppers have demanded a new, exciting take on the frozen hot desserts category, and this is supported by research that shows that they are willing to pay a higher price for a premium option in the category."
Aunt Bessie's introduces two new melt in the middle desserts: To cater for larger gatherings
Simon Robinson, regional manager for Heavenly Desserts, said the new team "will undergo intensive artisan dessert training ahead of our opening so that every waffle, pancake and sliced cake is picture perfect".
Hoping for sweet smell of success; business to offer visitors a taste of heaven
| Pictured at the opening of the Loughborough branch of Heavenly Desserts are, from left to right: Imran Pandor, Heavenly Desserts operations director) , Nicky Morgan MP and Mohammed Vhora, managing director..
Heavenly Desserts opening
"Elsewhere in the Midlands there's some great places offering desserts on the go, so I thought why not offer a 'dessert in a box' here in Coventry."
New dessert parlour hits The Sweet Spot..
"The whole idea here is have cheap and high quality desserts in a box -- waffles, cookie dough or a cheesecake.
New Coventry dessert shop hits the Sweet Spot; The store opened in Far Gosford Street at the end of April
Dessert company Kaspa's are hoping to open a new parlour in the former Plant and Tool Hire Centre in Nantwich Road, which closed in October 2017.
Dessert company to create 40 jobs in Crewe; Dessert company Kaspa's are hoping to open a new parlour in the former Plant and Tool Hire Centre in Nantwich Road, which closed in October 2017. Currently vacant, the unit also operated as Natwest bank