teach someone a lesson
To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.
ADJ
good, interesting | boring | individual | private | driving, English, geography, maths, piano, swimming, etc.
VERB + LESSON
attend, go to, have, take
My daughter is taking piano lessons every Saturday afternoon at a music school downtown.
give (sb), offer (sb), provide, take, teach
The school provides free piano lessons to students who show musical talent.
get
The students get lessons in basic cooking skills every Tuesday afternoon.
prepare
My sister spent all evening preparing her piano lesson for the next day.
skip
My daughter was worried about skipping lessons because she didn't want to fall behind in math.
PREP
during a/the ~
The students had to put their phones away during the lesson.
in a/the ~
The teacher explained the main grammar rules in today's lesson.
~ about
The teacher gave us a lesson about water pollution and how to protect our oceans.
~ in
My daughter started lessons in piano when she was seven years old.
~ on
My teacher gave us a lesson on how to write a formal email for job applications.
~ with
My son has a piano lesson with his teacher every Tuesday afternoon.
ADJ
important, salutary, useful, valuable
bitter, hard, painful
Losing his job was a bitter lesson about the importance of saving money.
clear
VERB + LESSON
draw, learn
I learned an important lesson from my mistake last year.
teach sb
That difficult project taught us an important lesson about the value of teamwork.
PREP
~ from
We can learn valuable lessons from our failures and use them to improve.
~ in
My father taught me a valuable lesson in patience by making me wait for my birthday present.