e nge
1. serves you right! good job! - an idiom used when the speaker is unsympathetic towards the plight of another person because the misfortune was brought on by some foolish action.
Māmā: E tama! Kaua hei whiuwhiu kōwhatu. (Ka pakaru te wini o te whare o Mr Jones.) Tama: Māmā! I kowhete mai a Mr Jones i ahau. Māmā: E nge! Ka kīia atu! (HKKT 2011:7). / Mum: Son! Don't throw stones. (The window of Mr Jones's house is broken.) Son: Mum! Mr Jones scolded me. Mum: Serves you right! I told you!
e koe (e koe)!
1. take that! that'll teach you! good job! serves you right! - an idiom used when the speaker is unsympathetic to the plight of someone because he/she brought the problem on himself/herself.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 163;)
Kua ānini taku māhunga. E koe, e koe. Nā tō kaha ki te inu pia i tērā pō. / I have a headache. That'll teach you. It's because you drank too much beer last night.
Synonyms: anā [tō] kai!, enge!
