stew in one's own juice

stew in one's own juice
stew in one's own juice
Fig. to be left alone to suffer one's anger or disappointment. •

John has such a terrible temper. When he got mad at us, we just let him go away and stew in his own juice.

After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} To suffer from something that you have caused to happen yourself. * /John lied to Tom, but Tom found out. Now Tom is making John stew in his own juice./ * /I warned you not to steal those apples. You got caught, and you can stew in your own juice./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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