taste of one's own medicine

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Meaning: (idiomatic,usually preceded bya)Harshtreatmentinflictedon one who previously inflictedsimilarorequivalenttreatment on others.Synonym:taste of one's own poison1916,Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 27, inRainbow's End:"The man's spirit is evil enough to frighten people away and we will drop stones upon him, so that he can learn thetaste of his own medicine."1919,Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 5, inThe Sun Of Quebec:The Long Tom in the stern of the schooner opened fire . . . and two men were seen to go down. The captain laughed. "That's ataste of their own medicine," he said.2001June 24,Richard Zoglin, “Hey, Wanna Buy Some Pix?”, inTime:Some stars reportedly even want to investigate the private lives of tabloid editors, to give them ataste of their own medicine.

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