Meaning:
The phrase poetic justice refers to a situation in which virtue is rewarded and vice is punished, in such a way that this justice seems proper and ironic.
Examples:
- That would be poetic justice, don't you think?
- I suppose it's poetic justice.
- Or maybe it's poetic justice!
- I guess there's a certain poetic justice in the fact that an old bullring is housing a streetfood market.
- I suppose this is what you could call poetic justice.
- If there's any poetic justice, we caught him in the bathroom.
- Well, if it isn't the poster child for poetic justice.
- Yes, I believe that is the basic unit of poetic justice.
- Wouldn't it be poetic justice if we could just... return the favor?
- I think there's some poetic justice in there somewhere maybe.