And, depending on whom you talk to, that will either throw untold numbers of people into lifelong economic bondage in the next recession or teach them a much-needed lesson in financial responsibility.

Why not teach the King of Pontus a much-needed lesson by invading Pontus itself?

And public monuments have in this matter a great and much-needed lesson to teach.

Last January, the Giants gave the Mets a much-needed lesson in winning decorum; rally caps and curtain calls, indeed!

To him, they tended to be occasional characters in the dramas, showing up to give advice, to move the plot along, to teach a much-needed lesson.

For a moment, it seemed like Simon, who had the deciding vote, would send Astro home, just to teach the snotty kid a much-needed lesson in humility and sportsmanship.

I gave him my politest bow, a much-needed lesson in Courtroom manners and, perhaps, Rumpole's last genuflection in front of the bench.

And the survivors had learned a much-needed lesson.

Chad then gives Jim a much-needed lesson in coolness ("Don't Be Cruel").

Matt Edmondson gives Professor Green a much-needed lesson on how to write a hit.