单词 | to learn one's lesson |
释义 | > as lemmasto learn one's lesson P2. to learn one's lesson: to become wiser as a result of a painful, stressful, or otherwise unpleasant experience (usually with the implication that a person will take care to avoid similar experiences in the future). Chiefly in past tense. ΚΠ 1834 Amer. Q. Rev. Sept. 29 The day for dragooning had gone by, but Castlereagh did not know it, and Canning, who had learned his lesson in ninety-three, had forgotten it. 1902 Boston Sunday Post 6 Apr. I have been so foolish and acted so..that you couldn't be friends any more. I've been a long, long time learning my lesson, but I know it by heart now, and I shan't forget it in a hurry. 1946 F. Cook Mrs. Palmer's Honey 199 As one who had once spoken too much and learned her lesson, Mrs. Smith said little except by looking glum. 1968 N. Cruz & J. Buckingham Run Baby Run iii. 32 That little S.O.B. learned his lesson this time. It'll be a cold day in hell before he sticks his nose back around here again. 1998 Mirror 1 Apr. 11/5 You'd think she'd have learned her lesson once he dumped her for Denise the hairdresser, but no, being the greatest doormat in soap, she took him back for a bit of slap and tickle. 2016 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Oct. 5 Tim deserved the red card. He jumped in with two feet but he apologised and will learn his lesson from it. < as lemmas |
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