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
BronwenBRAHN-wenWelsh
Bonny['bɔni]
Immaculata-Irish
CathrynKATH-rinEnglish
Cahyo-Indonesian, Javanese
Vavrinec-Slovak