Come Uppance

Mainstream YA that had several refreshing things about it: the main character was not revealed as irrevocably broken, nobody fixed her, and she did not get her come-uppance. ❋ Ccfinlay (2009)

So Lucinda's come-uppance has in part to do with her realization that Sue is a person with pretty ordinary middle-class values. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They usually get their come-uppance in a car park one evening. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

I think this woman will get her come-uppance when she is invited to fewer parties in the future or avoided by people at the ones she attends. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's all about baddies getting their come-uppance and wicked stepmothers being rolled down the hill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cue for much dark rumblings about the need for Georgie to get his come-uppance, and recognition on the part of the reader that this is the flight path the story will take. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Conservative Movement that is running unchecked throughout this country will be their own downfall and I for one am exceeding glad to see them get their come-uppance, Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those who do make common cause with humanity's enemies get their come-uppance. ❋ Nwhyte (2010)

Well done, its about time those arrogant, hypocritcal US corporations got their come-uppance. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now that Quinnipiac has gotten its come-uppance, it will take time before any other college finds the gumption to challenge this unprecedented and unwarranted federal interference in the internal operations of colleges across the land. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's high time 'the big boys' started getting their come-uppance for their power hungry ways. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So Blair never got the electoral come-uppance he so richly deserved. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I received my come-uppance at the hands of a 7.7 Japanese Arisaka, while taking a steep down-angle shot from a treestand ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hi, this is a nice addition to the vampire genre, and a good come-uppance for a culpable geek. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hopefully, GW & Dick will get thier come-uppance when Barack becomes Pres. beverly ❋ Unknown (2008)

Probably not, and the way people respond, or have been manipulated to respond, is visceral and romantic - the underdog getting her come-uppance in the world. ❋ Melody Breyer-Grell (2010)

"Joe has always bragged that he was [the team's] best batter, but in the [playoff game] he went 0 for 4 and humiliated himself." (Joe; therefore, got his just due or his come-uppance for his continual bragging and then, his [abysmal] failure. ❋ Bob 'doctorhugo' Weiss (2006)

You're a [cheating] [git]. [One day] you're going to get your come-uppance. ❋ Cristian Pavel (2007)