Thread: "I got hit" - Я получил удар? + нарываться на неприятности

Could one use the verb нарваться to express the meaning "I hit my leg against the bed" or "I bumped my arm on the bookshelf", etc.?

This is a verb that I heard in the Russian version of a song from the musical Chicago -- the English lyrics "He had it coming, he only had himself to blame" are translated as Он сам нарвался, и в этом нашей нет вины. According to my dictionary, a possible translation of нарваться can be "to bump one's head." But what is the most general meaning of the verb?

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

This is a verb that I heard in the Russian version of a song from the musical Chicago -- the English lyrics "He had it coming, he only had himself to blame" are translated as Он сам нарвался, и в этом нашей нет вины. But what is the most general meaning of the verb?

"He had it coming" is a perfect analog
"He had it coming" also can be translated as "он это заслужил" or "он сам виноват"