learn one's lesson



learn one's lesson

Profit from experience, especially an unhappy one. For example, From now on she'd read the instructions first; she'd learned her lesson. Also see hard way.
See also: learn, lesson

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KizzyKIZ-eeEnglish
Yewande-Western African, Yoruba
MarshaMAHR-shəEnglish
Alastair['æləstə]
Jantineyahn-TEE-nəDutch
BirgitBIR-git (Swedish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German