Serve someone right

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi teachers
Is this common use.

Serve someone right

if something bad that happens serves someone right, they deserve it It would serve you right if your children never spoke to you again. And she didn’t get the promotion she’d hoped for, which served her right for being so smug.

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Yes

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  1. If something bad that happens serve someone right, they deserve it.
  2. If something bad that happens to someone, serve right to him that he deserves it.
    Which of the sentence above is correct?
    If both are wrong, please guide me to correct.
    Thanks.
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Both are incorrect.

If something bad which happened to someone served them right, they deserved it.

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Beeesneees,
“If something bad which happened to someone served them right, they deserved it.”
I can’t understand the sentence and its grammar.
Could you split the sentence in such a way that I can follow easily?
Thanks.

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It’s a complex sentence, and not easy to simplify.
Something bad happened to person A.
Person B said that it served them (person A) right.
This indicated that (in person B’s opinion), person a deserved having the bad thing happen.

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