dose of one's own medicine



dose of one's own medicine

Also, taste of one's own medicine. Repayment or retaliation, as in It's time we gave them a dose of their own medicine and simply forget to call them back , or Joe was upset at being left out, but they were just giving him a taste of his own medicine . [Late 1800s]
See also: dose, medicine, of, own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Whitt[hwit]
Denisede-NEEZ (French), də-NEES (English), də-NEE-sə (Dutch)French, English, Dutch
Janessajə-NES-əEnglish (Modern)
Turner['tə:nə]
Rusudan-Georgian
GabriËLKHAH:-bree-əlDutch