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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Friday, April 12, 2013

Idioms: serve someone right


serve someone right

Meaning: If you say "it serves you right", you're telling someone that their problem is the result of their own bad behaviour, and they deserve it.
For example:
  • You knew it was illegal to smuggle drugs, and now you're in jail. All I can say is it serves you right.
  • They're so lazy that it'd serve them right if they failed their exams.
Quick Quiz:
If something bad happens to someone, and you say "serves you right" to them, you think that
  1. it's their own fault
  2. they don't deserve it
  3. you can help them
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