das kommt davon
German
Alternative forms
- dat kommt von dat (Northern Germany, colloquial)
Etymology
Ellipsis of das kommt davon, wenn (man/du) .... Literally, “this comes from it”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /das ˈkɔmt daˌfɔn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: das kommt da‧von
Phrase
- that's what you get; a phrase of admonishment used when the undesirable but predictable consequences of someone's actions have become reality