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poetic justice

poetic justice (justice poétique)

Idiom Literature

Signification

a situation in which virtue is rewarded and vice is punished, often ironically

une situation dans laquelle la vertu est récompensée et le vice est puni, souvent de manière ironique (une situation dans laquelle la vertu est recompensee et le vice est puni, souvent de maniere ironique)

Phrases d'exemple

"It was poetic justice when the dishonest lawyer lost his case due to his own lies."

"C'était justice poétique lorsque l'avocat malhonnête a perdu son affaire à cause de ses propres mensonges." (C'etait **justice poetique** lorsque l'avocat malhonnete a perdu son affaire a cause de ses propres mensonges.)

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