dese イディオム

deserve credit

deserve praise or thanks, give her credit David deserves credit for finding the lost keys. Thank you, boy.

one good turn deserves another

if someone helps you it is fair to help them in return One good turn deserves another so we made a great effort to help those people who had helped us in the past.

what did I do to deserve this

why am I being punished? no rest for the wicked "Working in the sewers, I thought, ""What did I do to deserve this?"""

get one's just deserts

Idiom(s): get one's just deserts

Theme: CONSEQUENCES

to get what one deserves.
• I feel better now that Jane got her just deserts. She really insulted me.
• Bill got back exactly the treatment that he gave out. He got his just deserts.

desert a sinking ship

Idiom(s): desert a sinking ship AND leave a sinking ship

Theme: ABANDONMENT

to leave a place, a person, or a situation when things become difficult or unpleasant. (Rats are said to be the first to leave a ship that is sinking.)
• I hate to be the one to desert a sinking ship, but I can't stand it around here anymore.
• There goes Tom. Wouldn't you know he'd leave a sinking ship rather than stay around and try to help?

One good turn deserves another.

You should be helpful to someone who helps you.

Just deserts

If a bad or evil person gets their just deserts, they get the punishment or suffer the misfortune that it is felt they deserve.

Like a rat deserting a sinking ship

If people leave a company because they know that it's about to have serious problems, or turn their back on a person about to be in a similar situation, they are said to be like rats deserting a sinking ship.

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In addition to the idiom beginning with desert, also see just deserts.