taste of one's own medicine
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taste of one's own medicine
noun tastes of one's own medicine · dose of one's own medicine
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Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.
"The man's spirit is evil enough to frighten people away and we will drop stones upon him, so that he can learn the taste of his own medicine."
Similar: taste of one's own poison
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noun harsh treatment
| Español | dosis de su propia medicina, cucharada de su propia medicina, dar el medio vuelto |
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| 中文 | but see 以其人之道，還治其人之身 /以其人之道, 还治其人之身 yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn |
| Français | but see rendre la pareille, rendre la monnaie de sa pièce, récolter ce que l'on a semé |
| Deutsch | but see mit gleicher Münze, am eigenen Leib spüren, am eigenen Leib erfahren |
| Italiano | pan per focaccia |
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