по заслугам

• ПО ЗАСЛУГАМ (воздать кому, выдать кому coll, получить)

[PrepP; Invar; usu. adv]

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⇒ (to reward or punish s.o.) according to what he deserves, (to be rewarded or punished) according to what one deserves:

- [in refer, to rewarding s.o.] X-у воздадут{{}}по заслугам ≈ X will be given (due) credit;

- X will be given his due <his just reward>;

|| [in refer, to punishment] X получил <X-y выдали> по заслугам ≈ X got (received) his just deserts;

- X got what he deserved (what was coming to him);

- X got what he asked for.

     ♦ [Кушак:] Смотрите, Валерия. Если вы думаете, что теперь им всё сойдёт с рук, - вы ошибаетесь. [Валерия:] Еще бы. Каждому - по заслугам (Вампилов 5). [К.:] Look here, Valeriya. If you think they're going to get off scot free now, you're mistaken. [V.:] Of course. To each his just deserts (5b).

     ♦ У папы прекрасное настроение, вчера у него было тяжёлое заседание, он говорит, что дьявольски устал, но зато все получили по заслугам (Соколов 1). Papa is in a splendid mood, yesterday he had a difficult meeting, he said that he was devilishly tired, but then everybody got what they deserved (1a).

     ♦ "...В ваших руках - моя судьба, и вы снисходительны к ней, может быть не по заслугам" (Федин 1). [context transl] "Му fate is in your hands and perhaps I don't deserve your indulgence" (1a).