SERVE SOMEONE RIGHT

Meaning of SERVE SOMEONE RIGHT in English

get the punishment or results that one deserves He never studies at all so it serves him right to fail his exam.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SERVE SOMEONE RIGHT — be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune. → serve
Concise Oxford English vocab
SERVE SOMEONE RIGHT — expr infml It serves him right for being so greedy — Поделом ему, жлобу! It would serve him right if he got …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SERVE SOMEONE RIGHT — expr infml It serves him right for being so greedy — Поделом ему, жлобу! It would serve him right if …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SERVE SOMEONE RIGHT — serve someone right expr infml It serves him right for being so greedy Поделом ему, жлобу! It would serve him …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SERVE SOMEONE RIGHT — It serves him right for being so greedy — Поделом ему, жлобу! It would serve him right if he got …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SERVE — I. ˈsərv, ˈsə̄v, ˈsəiv, dial ˈsärv or ˈsȧv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English serven, from Old French servir, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIGHT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SERVE — (v. t.) To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
SERVE — ( v. t. ) To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SERVE — — servable, serveable , adj. /serrv/ , v. , served, serving , n. v.i. 1. to act as a servant. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIGHT — — rightable , adj. /ruyt/ , adj., righter, rightest , n., adv., v. adj. 1. in accordance with what is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SERVE — I. ˈsərv verb ( served ; serv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French servir, from Latin servire to be a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIGHT — I. ˈrīt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English riht; akin to Old High German reht right, Latin rectus straight, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SERVE — vi to lead off in delivering the ball. 2. serve ·vt to be suitor to; to profess love to. 3. …
Webster English vocab
RIGHT
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SERVE — [serve] vb served ; serv.ing [ME, fr. MF servir, fr. OF, fr. L servire to be a slave, serve, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SERVE — / sɜːv; NAmE sɜːrv/ verb , noun ■ verb FOOD / DRINK 1. serve sth (with sth) | serve sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIGHT — / raɪt; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb , exclamation ■ adjective MORALLY GOOD 1. [ not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SERVE — I. serve 1 S1 W1 /sɜːv $ sɜːrv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ servant , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SERVE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. do a service for (a person, community, etc.). 2 tr. (also absol.) be a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIGHT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SERVE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. do a service for (a person, community, etc.). 2 tr. (also absol.) be a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
SERVE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. do a service for (a person, community, etc.). 2 tr. (also absol.) be a …
Oxford English vocab
RIGHT
Oxford English vocab
RIGHT — I. CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE /raɪt/ ( rights, righting, righted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SERVE — ( serves, serving, served) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SERVE — (~s, serving, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SERVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
SERVE — (WORK) [verb] - to work (for); to do your duty toHe served in the army in India for twenty years. …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Bill of Rights, Bircher, Bourbon, Christian, Declaration of Right, Epistle side, Magna Carta, Magna Charta, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SERVE — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: BENEFIT , advantage, avail, profit, work (for) 2 Synonyms: ACT 4, function, officiate 3 to …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SERVE — verb 1. Synonyms: benefit , advantage, avail, profit, work (for) 2. Synonyms: act 4, function, officiate 3. to prove adequate …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SERVE — verb 1 give sb food or drink ADVERB ▪ immediately ▪ Pour the sauce over the pasta and ~ immediately. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RIGHT
Longman Activator English vocab
SERVE — n. 25B6; verb they served their masters faithfully : WORK FOR, be in the service of, be employed by; obey. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SERVE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIGHT — adj. 1 just, moral, good, proper, correct, legal, lawful, licit, honest, upright, righteous, virtuous, ethical, fair, true, honourable, right-minded, principled, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SERVE — 1. гл. 1) служить в доме (у кого-л.), быть слугой 2) состоять на государственной службе, служить, работать 3) состоять на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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