a taste of (one's) own medicine



a taste of (one's) own medicine

The same unpleasant experience or treatment that one has given to others. Doug is a bully—of course he won't like it when his victims fight back and give him a taste of his own medicine. This team likes to play rough, so let's go out there and give them a taste of their own medicine!
See also: medicine, of, own, taste

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anil-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nep
Tamekatə-MEE-kəEnglish
Alvarez[əl'va:hrez]
AnŽE-Slovene
Aslen['æzlən]
CsabaCHAW-bawHungarian