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Sofie 'Melle' Werkers ([personal profile] bubosquared) wrote2002-10-03 10:56 am
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Yo, somebody help me out, here. Is the expression "get their just deserts"? That sounds odd to me, but. Help? (Sometimes it's a bad thing to be self-taught.)
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[identity profile] kitsune13.livejournal.com 2002-10-03 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
It's "just desserts."

Sounds right to me...

[identity profile] partly-bouncy.livejournal.com 2002-10-03 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
:) I use that phrase occasionally, motly in relation to various people I work with and idiot brother.

[identity profile] andrush.livejournal.com 2002-10-03 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
I've never heard that as such, but I've heard "get their just rewards". *shrug* Maybe it's just a Southern US thing, I don't know.

[identity profile] metempsychosis.livejournal.com 2002-10-03 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure that in the UK it's 'just deserts' - prenounced like "dessert" but spelt like "desert". "Desert" means 'reward' or 'punishment', not just 'arid area'.

(http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/213400.html <-- see! proof!)
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