Question

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/proverb in bold:since he knew what would happen;he should be left to stew in his own juice.

Answer 1

Let somebody stew in their own juice is an idiom which means ‘to leave somebody to worry and suffer the unpleasant consequences or effects of their own actions.  

So the meaning of the idiom in the expression is: ‘he should be left to face the unpleasant consequences of his own actions. No one should give him any help or assistance.’