teach someone a lesson

English

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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)

(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 (gěi...diǎnr yánsè kàn), 教训 (zh) (jiàoxùn)
Finnish: antaa opetus
French: donner une leçon (fr)
German: eine Lektion erteilen

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

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