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"will always get their just desserts" -> why desserts?
I know this means "Suits them right" or something. But what exactly does the 'desserts' mean? I wouldn't come to think of any bad meaning from such a good(?) word.
2019년 4월 20일 오후 9:08
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Apparently, it's a common misspelling. The word here is supposed to be 'desert', pronounced exactly as 'dessert'. It's a now archaic word, meaning something that you deserve to receive, whether reward or punishment.
Sources:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/just_deserts
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert
2019년 4월 20일
It's not desserts, it's deserts, though it is pronounced the same, i.e. the stress is on the second syllable, rather than the first as it is in Sahara Desert.
Desert here means 'what is deserved', your just deserts are whatever you justly deserve.
2019년 4월 20일
Desert - dare sert -- an arid place.
Dessert - dee cert -- sweet food after the savory dishes are served.
1. "as a verb" "desert" is pronounced the same as "deSSERT" means to abandon.
2. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/just-deserts-vs-just-desserts/
2019년 4월 20일
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