have it coming to one

have it coming to one
Australian Slang
deserve an unpleasant fate

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  • have it coming (to one) — informal be due for retribution. → come …   English new terms dictionary

  • have it coming to one — ► have it coming (to one) informal be due for retribution. Main Entry: ↑come …   English terms dictionary

  • Have it coming to one — deserve an unpleasant fate …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • have it coming — ► have it coming (to one) informal be due for retribution. Main Entry: ↑come …   English terms dictionary

  • have it coming — verb deserve (either good or bad) It s too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming • Hypernyms: ↑deserve, ↑merit • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * I have it coming ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • have steam coming out of one's ears — ► have steam coming out of one s ears informal be extremely angry. Main Entry: ↑steam …   English terms dictionary

  • have it coming — {v. phr.} To deserve the good or bad things that happen to you. * /I feel sorry about Jack s failing that course, but he had it coming to him./ * /Everybody said that Eve had it coming when she won the scholarship./ Compare: ASK FOR, GET WHAT S… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • have it coming — {v. phr.} To deserve the good or bad things that happen to you. * /I feel sorry about Jack s failing that course, but he had it coming to him./ * /Everybody said that Eve had it coming when she won the scholarship./ Compare: ASK FOR, GET WHAT S… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • have\ it\ coming — v. phr. To deserve the good or bad things that happen to you. I feel sorry about Jack s failing that course, but he had it coming to him. Everybody said that Eve had it coming when she won the scholarship. Compare: ask for, get what s coming to… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • have a bee in one's bonnet — have an idea that continually occupies one s thoughts. He has a bee in his bonnet over whether or not to build a new house or not. (from Idioms in Speech) to be mad about some point; to be particular about something or some idea. Well, it s quite …   Idioms and examples

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