Revenge is a dish best served cold
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Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Revenge that takes place far in the future, after the offending party has forgotten how they wronged someone, is much more satisfying. I never forgot the way he bullied and humiliated me in high school, but I chose to bide my time. Ten years later, my global corporation bought his family's puny company exploited it for everything it was worth, leaving him penniless. It's true what they say—revenge is a dish best served cold.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Prov. It is very satisfying to get revenge a long time after the event for which you want revenge. I don't mind waiting to get revenge on Greg; I'll wait ten years if I have to. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
revenge is a dish best served (or eaten) cold
vengeance is often more satisfying if it is not exacted immediately. proverbFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017