"And they counts my money and tickets, when I gets home, to see if I's got the change; and if I han't they half kills me." "Andserves you right," said Jane, the pert chambermaid, "if you will take their money to get drunk on."
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeserve,right.
If my memoryserves meright, we had a similar discussion a few months ago.
