knock sense into

knock (some) sense into somebody

(informal)

to use strong methods in order to teach someone to stop behaving stupidly A month in prison should knock some sense into him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Blandus	-	Ancient Roman
Rahmİ	-	Turkish
Sela	SEE-lə (English)	Biblical
Frano	-	Croatian
Cecilio	the-THEE-lyo (Spanish), se-SEE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), che-CHEE-lyo (Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Richelle	-	English