teach someone a lesson
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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 — If you teach somebody a lesson, you do something to punish them for behaving badly and make them understand that they should not do it again. The next time she arrives late, she ll find the door closed. That ll teach her a lesson! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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 — [ 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
