stew in one's own gravy

English

Verb

stew in one's own gravy (third-person singular simple present stews in one's own gravy, present participle stewing in one's own gravy, simple past and past participle stewed in one's own gravy)

1. Alternative form of stew in one's juices
   • 1885 December, “The Great Britain Industrial Company”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 138, page 830:

     In the words of a distinguished man who has himself been the cause of some unexpected changes, the best cure for people who will not be reasoned out of their prejudices is to “stew in their own gravy.”

   • 1897, The Spectator - Volume 78, page 238:

     He pointed out that it would be a security, that in future French revolutions the people of Paris would be shut up to stew in their own gravy.

   • 2010, Larry Bauer-Scandin, Faces on the Clock, page 174:

     ...be a far more meaningful punishment to allow him to stew in his own gravy for a while, wondering how I was going to make him pay.

   • 2018, Stuart Campbell, An Englishman's Guide to Infidelity:

     I let Hugo stew in his own gravy, showered, had a minuscule cognac and went to bed with Olivia Manning, another old literary friend.