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.

词组	receive (one's) just deserts
释义	receive (one's) just deserts 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. 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
随便看	make up out of whole cloth make up (something) from (something) make up the bed make up (the) leeway make up the time make up to make up your mind make use of make use of somebody/something make use of (someone or something) make war make war (on someone or something) make water make waves make waves, to make way make way along make way back make way for (someone or something) make way in the world make weight make whoopee make with make with the something make with the (something)