Teaching Someone A Lesson. Definition of teach someone a lesson. They were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain.
Teach one a lesson. Losing all his money in a card game has taught him a lesson he ll never forget. Instruct train coach school direct advise inform discipline educate drill tutor enlighten impart instil inculcate edify.
They were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain.
See full dictionary entry for lesson. To make it less likely that a person will repeat doing something bad i m glad they got caught. The catalan region taught me a lesson in sobriety and discipline but also to love its freedom. That will teach them a lesson.