VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Poetic justice

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.