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An outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
poetic justice
1
They kept going right to the end and got their
just
deserts
.
2
Consider not our
just
deserts
,
but open wide Thy door of grace.
3
Nevertheless, as with capital punishment, justice involves more than
just
deserts
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4
Sometimes I feel that the common sandwich does not get its
just
deserts
.
5
She said that someday Mr. Cruickshank would get his
just
deserts
.
6
Or, perhaps the fury of the Republicans had its
just
deserts
.
7
He promised them that Sancho Mendez should have his
just
deserts
.
8
Perhaps Isaac was only giving him his
just
deserts
for that.
9
Having thus seen Farrington receive his
just
deserts
,
Stephen hurried home.
10
Gee whiz, if I ever write any stories, I'll get my
just
deserts
.
11
They never quite get their
just
deserts
do species roses.
12
What this misses entirely is his accentuation of
just
deserts
.
13
The woman deserves punishment, but doubtless she'll get her
just
deserts
in other ways.
14
In Trading Places, the Duke brothers get their
just
deserts
.
15
If the boy had gotten a scare, wasn't that at least his
just
deserts
?
16
But I never shall until the crook-back dealer in humanity has met his
just
deserts
.
just
deserts
just
desert