teach someone a lesson

English

teach someone a lesson (third-person singular simple present teaches someone a lesson, present participle teaching someone a lesson, simple past and past participle taught someone a lesson)

(idiomatic, informal) To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not do commit it again.

punish (informal)

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 給...點兒顏色看 / 给...点儿颜色看 (gěi...diǎnr yánsè kàn), 教训 (zh) (jiàoxùn)
Finnish: antaa jollekin opetus
French: donner une leçon (fr)
German: eine Lektion erteilen
Hungarian: megleckéztet (hu)
Italian: dare una lezione (it)
Japanese: 目に物見せる (めにものみせる, me ni monomiseru), 思い知らせる (おもいしらせる, omoishiraseru)
Korean: 혼내다 (ko) (honnaeda)
Romanian: învăța minte
Russian: проучи́ть (ru) pf (proučítʹ), показа́ть, где ра́ки зиму́ют pf (pokazátʹ, gde ráki zimújut), показа́ть ку́зькину мать pf (pokazátʹ kúzʹkinu matʹ)
Spanish: dar una lección
Swedish: lära en läxa, läxa upp (sv)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can