that'll teach sb
used to say that a person should avoid doing something bad in the future thanks to the experience of the effects of their actions:
So Roger spent the night in a freezing garage, did he? That'll teach him to (= show him that he should not) go out without his house keys!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- didactic
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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