serves you right; deserves it; predestined
Meanings
2 senses · 7 examplesverb
serves you/him/her right; you/they deserve it
informalUsed to express that someone deserves the misfortune or criticism they received, often because of their own actions. It carries a tone of schadenfreude or lack of sympathy. Commonly used in spoken language.
He didn't listen to advice, so he deserves to fall.
He cheated on the exam and got caught; he deserves to be punished.
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I told him not to eat so much, and now he has a stomachache. Serves him right!
It serves him right for being so selfish.
verb
predestined; fated to be; ought to
dialectUsed to express that something is fated or destined to happen, often with a sense of inevitability or divine will. Commonly used in certain dialects.
I was fated to be saved, meeting such a good doctor.
It's my fate to suffer in this life; it's destiny.
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You are destined to get rich because you have a kind heart.