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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs