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January 20th, 2003, 09:10 AM
#16
Intel Mod
Originally posted by Ya_know
I can' t see how "just deserts" makes any sense
A lot of people find that hard to follow, eg:
http://www.snopes.com/language/notthink/deserts.htm
Basically "desert" (pronounced like after-meal sweets) means "that which is deserved".
So "just deserts" concisely says "those things which are justly deserved".
Hope that helps.
Last edited by Platypus; January 20th, 2003 at 09:12 AM.
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