a taste of your own medicine
Say it: a TASTE of your own MED-uh-sin /ə ˌteɪst əv jɔːr ˌəʊn ˈmɛdsən/ · idiom
What “a taste of your own medicine” means
Being treated badly in the same way you treat others.
More precisely: Being treated as badly as you have treated others.
Example: “The serial interrupter got a taste of his own medicine when nobody let him speak.”
When to use it
In informal conversation, when someone's unkind behaviour is turned back on them. The tone is often pointed or satisfied.
Similar words
what goes around comes around, tit for tat
Quick check
You regularly hide your brother's shoes as a prank, then he hides yours and you're furious. What have you received?
a taste of your own medicine or a dose of reality?
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a taste of your own medicine
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