teach someone a lesson

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

teach someone a lesson (third-person singular simple present teaches someone a lesson, present participle teaching someone a lesson, simple past and past participle taught someone a lesson)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To punish someone.

Synonyms

• fix someone's wagon

Translations

punish (informal)

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 給...點兒顏色看／给...点儿颜色看, 给...点儿颜色看 (gěi...diǎnr yánsè kàn), 教训 (zh) (jiàoxùn)

• Finnish: antaa opetus
• French: donner une leçon (fr)
• German: eine Lektion erteilen
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• Hungarian: megleckéztet (hu)
• Italian: dare una lezione (it)
• Russian: проучи́ть (ru) pf (proučítʹ), показа́ть, где ра́ки зиму́ют pf (pokazátʹ, gde ráki zimújut), показа́ть ку́зькину мать pf (pokazátʹ kúzʹkinu matʹ)
• Spanish: dar una lección
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• show someone who's boss