that'll teach someone

English

Phrase

that'll teach someone

1. Used after someone has done something bad and has got punished for it, to learn from their mistake
   • 1992, Hugh Walpole, Jeremy and the Ruffians:

     A big red-faced man next to Jeremy was crying over and over again: "That'll teach him to meddle with our women." "That'll teach him to meddle with our women."

See also

• poetic justice