Meaning of IT SERVES YOU RIGHT and YOU HAD IT COMING - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

Let's imagine that you are not a very nice person.

Imaginemos que no eres una persona muy agradable.

I know you are a nice person,

Sé que eres una buena persona,

but let's imagine that you are not a nice person.

pero imaginemos que no eres una buena persona.

Let's imagine that you are someone

Imaginemos que eres alguien

who steals things from other people,

que roba cosas de otras personas,

that you are a thief.

que eres un ladrón.

If you were a thief,

Si fueras un ladrón,

and if you spent your life

y pasaras tu vida

stealing things from other people,

robando cosas de otras personas,

and then one day, you came home,

y luego un día llegas a casa

and all of your stuff was gone,

y todas tus cosas se han ido,

all of your stuff was stolen,

todas tus cosas fueron robadas,

someone could say to you, "It serves you right."

alguien podría decirte: "Es te sirve bien."

In English, when you say, "It serves you right,"

En inglés, cuando dices "Te sirve bien

it means that you are happy

", significa que estás feliz de

that something bad happened to someone else.

que le haya pasado algo malo a otra persona.

It's not a nice thing to say,

No es algo agradable de decir,

and we usually only say this to people

y por lo general solo se lo decimos a las personas

who do bad things,

que hacen cosas malas,

and then when something bad happens to them,

y luego, cuando les pasa algo malo,

we say, "It serves you right."

les decimos: "Te lo mereces".

So you shouldn't say this to someone

Así que no deberías decirle esto a alguien

if you think they did something right,

si crees que hizo algo bien,

you say this to someone

le dices esto a alguien

if they got what they deserved,

si obtuvo su merecido,

if they did something wrong

si hizo algo mal

and something bad happened to them,

y le pasó algo malo,

you would say, "It serves you right."

le dirías: "Te lo mereces". ."

We have another phrase, too, you had it coming,

También tenemos otra frase , te lo esperabas,

and this is a similar phrase.

y esta es una frase similar.

If you were someone who was mean to a dog every day,

Si fueras alguien que fuera malo con un perro todos los días,

let's say you were not a nice person,

digamos que no fueras una buena persona,

and you were mean to the dog every day,

y fueras malo con el perro todos los días,

and then one day, the dog bites you.

y luego un día, el perro te muerde.

Someone could say to you, "You had it coming,"

Alguien podría decirte: "Te lo merecías",

or if you say it quickly, "You had it comin'."

o si lo dices rápidamente, "Te lo merecías".

Basically you say this when something bad happens to someone

Básicamente, dices esto cuando algo malo le sucede a alguien

when they should have known that what they were doing

cuando debería haber sabido que lo que estaba haciendo

would cause something bad to happen to them.

causaría que algo malo le sucediera.

A little tricky to understand,

Un poco difícil de entender,

but just imagine a dog that you are mean to,

pero imagina un perro con el que eres malo

and one day the dog bites you.

y un día te muerde.

I could then say to you,

Entonces podría decirte:

"Well, ya know, you had it comin'.

"Bueno, ya sabes, te lo merecías".

"If you are gonna bug a dog,

Si vas a molestar a un perro,

"eventually that dog is gonna bite you."

"eventualmente ese perro te morderá a ti".

So, if you say, "It serves you right,"

Entonces, si dices, "Te lo mereces"

it means that something bad happened to you

, significa que te pasó algo malo

and somebody thinks you deserved it,

y alguien piensa que te lo merecías,

and if you say, "You had it comin',"

y si dices, "Te lo merecías",

it means almost the same thing.

significa casi lo mismo.