Good action gets you
Hi
Is this a natural utterance? Does get mean to put you in trouble? Any other suggestions please?
(An old man gives a ride to a stranger; the stranger puts him in a lot of trouble...)
Sometimes your good actions get you.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
"Get" does not mean that. "Put you in trouble" is unidiomatic. More usual are "get you in trouble", "cause you trouble", and "make trouble for you".
- "Get" does not mean that.
- "Put you in trouble" is unidiomatic.
- More usual are "get you in trouble", "cause you trouble", and "make trouble for you".
- "Good actions" is unidiomatic.
- We speak of good deeds, using what in most other contexts is a hopelessly old-fashioned word, "deed".
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"Get" does not mean that. "Put you in trouble" is unidiomatic. More usual are "get you in trouble", "cause you trouble", and "make trouble for you".
"Good actions" is unidiomatic. We speak of good deeds, using what in most other contexts is a hopelessly old-fashioned word, "deed". Sometimes your good deeds get you in trouble.
0Mr. TomAny other suggestions please?
No good deed goes unpunished.
CJ
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