The next time she arrives late, she'll find the door closed. That'll teach her a lesson!
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
teach someone a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson To bring home to (someone) his or her folly • • • Main Entry: ↑teach * * * teach someone a lesson informal phrase to punish someone for doing something bad so that they do not do it again She thought he was rude and… … Useful english dictionary
teach someone a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson to show what should not be done. You would think that losing her job because she took too much time off would have taught her a lesson, but it s happened again! He had this idea that the government is evil and must be… … New idioms dictionary
teach (someone) a lesson — To bring home to (someone) his or her folly ● teach … Useful english dictionary
teach someone a lesson — informal to punish someone for doing something bad so that they do not do it again She thought he was rude and needed to be taught a lesson … English dictionary
teach someone a lesson — verb To punish someone. Syn: fix someones wagon … Wiktionary
teach — [ titʃ ] (past tense and past participle taught [ tɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to help students to learn something in a school, college, university, etc. by giving classes: How long have you been teaching here? teach… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teach a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson To bring home to (someone) his or her folly • • • Main Entry: ↑teach … Useful english dictionary
teach a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson to show what should not be done. You would think that losing her job because she took too much time off would have taught her a lesson, but it s happened again! He had this idea that the government is evil and must be… … New idioms dictionary
teach */*/*/ — UK [tiːtʃ] / US [tɪtʃ] verb Word forms teach : present tense I/you/we/they teach he/she/it teaches present participle teaching past tense taught UK [tɔːt] / US [tɔt] past participle taught 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to help students to learn … English dictionary
teach — [[t]ti͟ːtʃ[/t]] ♦♦ teaches, teaching, taught 1) VERB If you teach someone something, you give them instructions so that they know about it or how to do it. [V n n] The trainers have a programme to teach them vocational skills... [V n wh] George… … English dictionary
