Quote Originally Posted by taxexile
no, in colloquial usage it means "serves you right", in other words "you deserved whatever bad thing just happened to you"
yes, yes, I got that the meaning is the same as "Serves you right".

I was curious about what the literal translation is. I think it is interesting to learn the background for such.
If it is "deserved water in the face", then I was wondering what is so bad about water in the face.
I mean at Song Kran people get drenched ?