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121learn a lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… …
122learn your lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… …
123learn lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… …
124teach 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… …
125teach 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… …
126abject lesson — (India) An abject lesson serves as a warning to others. (In some varieties of English object lesson is used.) …
127object lesson — An object lesson serves as a warning to others. (In some varieties of English abject lesson is used.) …
128teach a lesson — {v. phr.} To show that bad behavior can be harmful. * /When Johnny pulled Mary s hair, she taught him a lesson by breaking his toy boat./ * /The burns Tommy got from playing with matches taught him a lesson./ …
