have it coming

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 ONE, SERVE RIGHT.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • have something coming out of your ears — informal phrase to have a lot of something, or more of it than you need We have information coming out of our ears and we just need time to sift through it. Thesaurus: to have a particular quality or thingsynonym Main entry: ear * * * …   Useful english dictionary

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

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  • 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 to you — have it coming (to you) informal phrase to deserve something bad that happens to you Thesaurus: deserving and deservedsynonym to buy somethingsynonym Main entry: come …   Useful english dictionary

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