Revenge is a dish best served cold.
MEANING:
Vengeance is often more satisfying if it is not exacted immediately.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
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.
If revenge is a dish best served cold, it was only appropriate that Arsenal’s first goal came from Vieira.
You know, He-Man, they say revenge is a dish best served cold, but I would much rather serve it hot.
If C. Montgomery Burns is right and revenge is a dish best served cold, this may be one of Jenkins’ most delicious years ever.