See serve someone right in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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right!", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "masz na co zasłużyłeś!" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "serves you right!", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "masz na co zasłużyłaś!" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "serves you right!", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sam jesteś sobie winien!" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "serves you right!", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sama jesteś sobie winna!" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "bem feito!" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "așa îți trebuie!" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "note": "of an event in the present", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "bine îți face!" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "note": "of an event in the past", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "bine ți-a făcut!" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "podelóm tebé!", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "подело́м тебе́!" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tak tebé i nádo!", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "так тебе́ и на́до!" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sam vinovát!", "sense": "serves you right!", "tags": [ "addressee-masculine" ], "word": "сам винова́т!" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "samá vinováta!", "sense": "serves you right!", "tags": [ "addressee-feminine" ], "word": "сама́ винова́та!" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "¡te está bien empleado!" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "rätt åt (någon)" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǒm-nám-nâa", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "สมน้ำหน้า" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "kotúzi po zaslúzi", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "коту́зі по заслу́зі" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "tak tobi i treba", "sense": "serves you right!", "word": "так 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