stew in your own juice

/stuː ɪn jʊr oʊn dʒuːs/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. sufrir las consecuencias propias

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

sweat blood

Close, figuratively — both idioms describe suffering through self-inflicted consequences or hard effort.

Similar in other languages

German

Schweiß

Close, figuratively — "stewing" relates to sweating.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa stew in your own juice?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Let him stew in his own ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a stew in your own juice?

noun

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