stew 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.

• feather your own nest
• fed up
• fed up with
• fed up with someone
• fed up with something
• feed a line
• feeding frenzy
• feed someone a line
• feed someone to the lions
• not have a bone in your body
• not have a care in the world
• not have a cat in hell's chance
• not have a chance in hell
• not have a clue
• not have a dog's chance
• not have a hope in hell
• not have a leg to stand on
• not have a minute to call own
• not have a minute to call your own
• not have a monopoly on
• not have a monopoly on something
• not have a pot to piss in
• not have a prayer
• not have a snowball's chance in hell
• not have a type of bone in body