stew in one's own gravy

present singular third person stews in one's own gravy · participle present stewing in one's own gravy · participle past stewed in one's own gravy · past stewed in one's own gravy

1. Synonym of stew in one's juices.

   ...be a far more meaningful punishment to allow him to stew in his own gravy for a while, wondering how I was going to make him pay.

   2010, Larry Bauer-Scandin, Faces on the Clock, page 174

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   In the words of a distinguished man who has himself been the cause of some unexpected changes, the best cure for people who will not be reasoned out of their prejudices is to “stew in their own gravy.”

   1885 December, “The Great Britain Industrial Company”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 138, page 830

   He pointed out that it would be a security, that in future French revolutions the people of Paris would be shut up to stew in their own gravy.

   1897, The Spectator - Volume 78, page 238

   I let Hugo stew in his own gravy, showered, had a minuscule cognac and went to bed with Olivia Manning, another old literary friend.

   2018, Stuart Campbell, An Englishman's Guide to Infidelity

   Synonyms: stew in one's juices