serve someone right

当然の報いである

悪い行いのために起きた嫌なことが、当然の結果であること。

やさしい英語で： If something unpleasant happens to you because of your bad behavior, you deserve it.

• It serves you right for lying.
• Losing the prize served him right after all his cheating.
• She ignored every warning, so it would serve her right if she got caught.

使い方： serve someone right for doing something (It serves him right for cheating.)

類義語： be deserved

よく使う表現： serve someone right, serve someone right for

正しく思い出させる

特に記憶が正しく働き、間違いのない情報を思い出させること。

やさしい英語で： To help someone correctly, especially when their memory gives them accurate information.

• If my memory serves me right, her name is Anna.
• My memory served me right about the address.
• If his memory serves him right, the shop closes at six.

使い方： if my memory serves me right (If my memory serves me right, we met in May.)

類義語： serve someone correctly

よく使う表現： serve someone right, memory serve someone right