当とう然ぜんの報むくい

expression, noun

just deserts; comeuppance; what one deserves

Used when someone gets a fitting negative outcome as a natural consequence of their own bad actions. Often carries a tone of 'serves them right'.

• 彼かれがクビになったのは当とう然ぜんの報むくいだ。

  It's his just deserts that he got fired.

• そんなことをすれば当とう然ぜんの報むくいを受うけることになるよ。

  If you do that, you'll get what you deserve.