a taste of (one's) own medicine

An experience of the same harmful or unpleasant thing that one has inflicted on others; an attack in the same manner in which one attacks 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!

*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.

词组	a taste of (one's) own medicine
释义	a taste of (one's) own medicine a taste of (one's) own medicine An experience of the same harmful or unpleasant thing that one has inflicted on others; an attack in the same manner in which one attacks 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 Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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. See also: medicine, of, own, taste McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: a dose of (one's) own medicine a dose of your own medicine a taste of own medicine dose dose of one's own medicine get a taste of (one's) own medicine force (one) out of office force out of office drive (one) out of office except for one thing
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