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
SherieSHER-ee, shə-REEEnglish
Tadeu-Portuguese
PhyllidaFIL-i-dəEnglish (Rare)
Josip-Croatian, Slovene
AnastÁZia-Slovak
Quirino-Italian, Portuguese, Spanish