A sample of the unpleasantness that someone has been giving others
Do the same bad thing to a person who has done it to you
When someone gets the same bad treatment that he has been giving others
When someone is mistreated the same way he has mistreated others
I’m tired of him always finding faults with me. I’m going to give him a taste of his own medicine.
Its not for nothing that people are calling you names; you’re getting a taste of your own medicine.
Don’t be rude to others. You won’t like it when you get a taste of your own medicine.
The players of that team were hurling abuses at their opponents, but they didn’t like it when they got a taste of their own medicine from the fans.
He is always late for appointments and keeps people waiting, so we decided to give him a taste of his own medicine.
If he doesn’t change his behaviour by reasoning, he’s going to get a taste of his own medicine.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.