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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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What is the meaning of 'I/You had it coming'?

0Can anyone please tell me the meaning 'I/you had it coming'. Is there any possibility of having multiple meanings depending on different contexts?02br
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02br 02br 00Example: you push your friend into a swimming pool. 0-

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  • 02br 02br 00Example: you push your friend into a swimming pool.
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0It means that you deserved something that happened to you.02br
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00Example: you push your friend into a swimming pool. When your friend throws you in the pool later, "you had it coming."02br
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00I can't think of any other uses for the phrase, perhaps someone else can.0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Perhaps you saw the Western movie 'Unforgiven' with Clint Eastwood.02br
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00The young gunfighter kills a man, and later says 'He had it coming'. Eastwood replies 'We all have it coming'. There are two different meanings here.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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When something bad happens with someone and you say, "he had it coming" , you are of the view that they deserved whatever happened to them.

e.g. I felt sorry for her failing in exam, but the way she bunked all her classes- she had it coming.
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Wow, I''m just looking (had it coming) because I had just seen Unforgiven. What a coincidence. Just that.
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