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learn your lesson
USUK
to understand from a bad experience that you should not do something again
British 'learnt', American 'learned'. Often in the present perfect: 'I've learnt my lesson.'
In context
I left my phone in a taxi once and learnt my lesson; now I always check the seat.
He failed the test after partying all night, and I hope he's learned his lesson.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity