A palavra inglesa dessert significa sobremesa em português. E a palavra inglesa desert geralmente significa deserto.
dessert sobremesa
desert deserto
Agora a pronúncia de deserts na expressão just deserts é a mesma de dessert (sobremesa). Isso causa erro de spelling (grafia) em muitos nativos, que acabam escrevendo just desserts, algo que já está sendo aceito no inglês informal. E a expressão não tem nada a ver com sobremesas ou desertos como veremos a seguir.
just desserts
A expressão é normalmente encontrada da seguinte forma: to get (your) just deserts, que significa algo como “receber o que você merece”, “receber o castigo que merece”, etc. Ou seja, normalmente é usada para descrever um castigo ou punição.
Vejam as frases abaixo para entenderem melhor:
At the end of the book, the bad guys got their just deserts. No final do livro, os bandidos receberam o castigo merecido.
The bad guy got his just deserts at the end of the movie. O bandido recebeu o que merecia no final do filme.
Let him laugh. He’ll get his just deserts sooner or later. Deixa ele rir. Ele vai receber o que merece mais cedo ou mais tarde.
She’ll get her just deserts, don’t worry. Ela irá receber o castigo que merece, não se preocupe.
When he was sent to jail, everyone felt he had gotten his just deserts. Quando ele foi preso, todos sentiram que ele havia recebido o castigo que merecia.
She’s been getting away with cheating on the exams, but she’ll get her just deserts in the end. Ela tem se safado ao colar nos exames, mas ela receberá o que merece no final.
I’m sure someone will give him his just deserts. Tenho certeza que alguém vai dar para ele o castigo que merece.
One of these days, she’ll get her just deserts for treating people so badly. Dia desses, ela vai ser castigada por tratar tão mal as pessoas.
Sooner or later you’ll get your just deserts for misbehaving. Mais cedo ou mais tarde você vai receber seu castigo por se comportar mal.
He received his just deserts when he was sent to prison. Ele recebeu o que merecia quando foi preso.
Perceba que a expressão muda conforme a pessoa:
Ela é semelhante à expressão to get what you deserve / to get what he deserves / etc.
Existe ainda a expressão mais informal comeuppance, usada com o mesmo sentido em inglês. Veja as mesmas frases abaixo, agora com a palavra comeuppance:
At the end of the book, the bad guys got their comeuppance. = At the end of the book, the bad guys got their just deserts.
The bad guy got his comeuppance at the end of the movie. = The bad guy got his just deserts at the end of the movie.
Let him laugh. He’ll get his comeuppance sooner or later. = Let him laugh. He’ll get his just deserts sooner or later.
She’ll get her comeuppance, don’t worry. = She’ll get her just deserts, don’t worry.
When he was sent to jail, everyone felt he had gotten his comeuppance. = When he was sent to jail, everyone felt he had gotten his just deserts.
She’s been getting away with cheating on the exams, but she’ll get her comeuppance in the end. = She’s been getting away with cheating on the exams, but she’ll get her just deserts in the end.
I’m sure someone will give him his comeuppance. = I’m sure someone will give him his just deserts.
One of these days, she’ll get her comeuppance for treating people so badly. = One of these days, she’ll get her just deserts for treating people so badly.
Sooner or later you’ll get your comeuppance for misbehaving. = Sooner or later you’ll get your just deserts for misbehaving.
He received his comeuppance when he was sent to prison. = He received his just deserts when he was sent to prison.
Percebam que ela também muda de acordo com a pessoa:
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