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Korean idiom teach someone a lesson

본때를 보이다

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English rendering teach someone a lesson Literal translation: “show one’s mettle”

Meaning 1

잘못을 다시는 저지르지 아니하거나 교훈이 되도록 따끔한 맛을 보이다.

To give a sharp lesson so that wrongdoing is not repeated or serves as a warning.

Dictionary example 1

어린 청년이 어른한테 버릇없이 굴어서, 한번 따끔하게 본때를 보여 주었다.

The young man was rude to an elder, so I taught him a sharp lesson.

Dictionary example 2

윗동네 아이들에게 다시는 까불지 않게 본때를 보여 주자.

Let us teach the children from the upper village a lesson so they never act up again.

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