a taste of own medicine

*a taste of one's own medicine

and *a dose of one's own medicine

Fig. a sample of the unpleasantness that one has been giving other people. (Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) Now you see how it feels to have someone call you names! You are getting a taste of your own medicine! John, who is often rude and abrupt with people, was devastated when the teacher treated him rudely. He doesn't like having a dose of his own medicine.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bernard	bər-NAHRD (English), BUR-nərd (English), ber-NAHR (French), BER-nahrt (Polish, Croatian)	English, French, Dutch, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Pete	[pi:t]
Mani (1)	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada
Shahira	-	Arabic
Adalbert	AH-dahl-bert (German)	Ancient Germanic, German, Polish
Sosruko	-	Caucasian Mythology