A Taste of Your Own Medicine

You use the expression 'A Taste of Your Own Medicine' to indicate that someone is. sampling the same unpleasantness they've been dishing out to others. Example of use: “I don't feel at all sorry that people are calling you names. You're getting a taste of your own medicine.”

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a taste/dose of someone's own medicine
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informal
: harsh or unpleasant treatment that is like the treatment someone has given other people
The movie is about a playboy who gets a taste of his own medicine when the girl he falls in love with jilts him for another guy.

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a taste/dose of someone's own medicine

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