Meaning of instant karma | Babel Free

Definitions

A circumstance where something deserving but unexpected happens, especially, when a person's actions backfire and cause an immediate unforeseen and unintended effect that may be deemed just deserts for those actions.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Don't surround yourself with yourself Move on back two squares Send an instant karma to me Initial it with loving care.”

“The eyes that met Paul's across a crowded London club 22 years ago when she was an unknown freelance photographer and he was, what? A god? "Instant karma" — this said romantically.”

CEFR level