someone
is a suitable punishment! (Thesomeone
is usually a pronoun.) •Bill: Tom, who has cheated on his taxes for years, finally got caught. Sue: That'll teach him.
•Bill: Gee, I got a ticket for speeding. Fred: That'll teach you!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
That’ll teach someone. — sent. That is what someone deserves. □ That’ll teach you to pull out in front of me. U I hit him on the head. That’ll teach him … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
teach someone a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson To bring home to (someone) his or her folly • • • Main Entry: ↑teach * * * teach someone a lesson informal phrase to punish someone for doing something bad so that they do not do it again She thought he was rude and… … Useful english dictionary
that will teach you (to do something) — spoken phrase used for telling someone that they should have been more careful or should have paid attention to your advice That’ll teach you to lend her money. Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someonesynonym Main entry: teach … Useful english dictionary
teach 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… … New idioms dictionary
teach someone a trick or two — show/teach/someone a trick or two phrase used for saying that you know a lot more about something than someone else does Ted’s been working here for years – he could show most of us a trick or two. Thesaurus: knowing and knowing about… … Useful english dictionary
teach someone a lesson — If you teach somebody a lesson, you do something to punish them for behaving badly and make them understand that they should not do it again. The next time she arrives late, she ll find the door closed. That ll teach her a lesson! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
teach someone a lesson — informal to punish someone for doing something bad so that they do not do it again She thought he was rude and needed to be taught a lesson … English dictionary
teach — [ titʃ ] (past tense and past participle taught [ tɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to help students to learn something in a school, college, university, etc. by giving classes: How long have you been teaching here? teach… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teach — W2S1 [ti:tʃ] v past tense and past participle taught [to:t US to:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(school/college etc)¦ 2¦(show somebody how)¦ 3¦(change somebody s ideas)¦ 4¦(experience shows something)¦ 5 that ll teach you (to do something) 6 teach somebody a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Teach the Controversy — is the name of a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign to promote intelligent design, a variant of traditional creationism, while discrediting evolution in United States public high school science courses.citation | url=… … Wikipedia
teach your grandmother to suck eggs — 1. To presume to teach someone older and wiser than oneself 2. To teach someone something that he or she knows already • • • Main Entry: ↑egg * * * teach your grandmother to suck eggs british informal phrase to tell someone how to do something… … Useful english dictionary
