revenge is sweet
Retribution brings pleasure
Revenge is sweet expresses the satisfaction felt when getting back at someone who wronged you.
The phrase acknowledges that vengeance, however petty or grand, delivers genuine pleasure: She got him fired, and revenge was sweet.
Often used to savor a moment of payback or to explain why someone pursued it.
- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- get evenExact reciprocal harm
- settling scoresAvenging past grievances
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
satisfaction · grudge · retribution · nemesis · score · settling · spite · gloating · last laugh · karma · poetic justice · justice · cold · dish · served · triumph · schadenfreude · taste of their own medicine
- retributionretribution, payback, retaliation, reprisal, requital
revenge is sweetforgive and forget
Absolve and dismiss resentment
turn the other cheek · let bygones be bygones · bury the hatchet · clemency · water under the bridge
revenge is sweetlet it go
Cease fixating on something
peace of mind · inner peace · moving on · serenity · release
revenge is sweetrestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
nonviolence · ahimsa · love your enemies · turn the other cheek · love conquers all
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