poetic justice (ポエティックジャスティス)

Idiom Literature

意味

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

美徳が報われ、悪が罰せられる状況、しばしば皮肉的に (bitoku ga mukuwarare, aku ga bassareru jōkyō, shibashiba hinikuteki ni)

例文

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

"不誠実な弁護士が自分の嘘のせいで事件に負けた時、それは詩的正義だった。" (Fuseijitsu na bengoshi ga jibun no uso no sei de jiken ni maketa toki, sore wa **shiteki seigi** datta.)