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词汇 stew in own juice
释义
Idiom
stew in own juicestew in (your) own juice/juices
informal if you leave someone to stew in their own juice, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done.
She'll calm down - just leave her to stew in her own juices for a bit.

stew in (one's) own juice(s)

To remain alone with one's emotions, usually unpleasant ones like anger or disappointment. Kevin was in such a foul mood at dinner that I left early and just let him stew in his own juices.

stew in one's own juice

Fig. to be left alone to suffer one's anger or disappointment. John has such a terrible temper. When he got mad at us, we just let him go away and stew in his own juice. After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us.
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