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当然の報い
とうぜんのむくい
1. [exp,n]
▶ one's just deserts
▶ one's just desserts
▶ one's just reward
▶ what one deserves
▶ comeuppance



History:
12. A 2020-07-28 02:25:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
11. A* 2020-07-28 02:00:33  Opencooper
  Diff:
@@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss>come uppance</gloss>
+<gloss>comeuppance</gloss>
10. A 2015-07-18 22:48:02  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2015-07-18 12:17:30  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://grammarist.com/spelling/just-deserts-just-desserts/ :
"The expression meaning that which is deserved was originally just deserts. The phrase is the last refuge of an obsolete meaning of desert—namely, something that is deserved or merited. But because most modern English speakers are unfamiliar with that old sense of desert, the phrase is often understandably written just desserts.

Using just desserts is not a serious error, and it is much more common than just deserts in 21st-century texts. Some people still consider it wrong, however. Whether to pay this any heed is for each of us to decide for ourselves."
  Comments:
Let's put both.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>one's just desserts</gloss>
8. A* 2015-07-16 05:51:07  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
oxford american dictionary:
"usage: People who get their just deserts get what they deserve. Deserts here is related to deserve, and is spelled with one -s- in the middle. This usage has no relation to the dessert course of a meal, yet the -ss- spelling ( just desserts) is found in the Oxford English Corpus nearly as often as the correct spelling."
  Comments:
nothing to do with restaurants, really.  i've seen "desserts" at least as often as "deserts".
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