- taste of your own medicine
- If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to someone that they have done to you to teach them a lesson.(Dorking School Dictionary)
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taste of your own medicine
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taste of your own medicine — If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to someone that they have done to you to teach them a lesson … The small dictionary of idiomes
a taste of your own medicine — see ↑medicine • • • Main Entry: ↑taste … Useful english dictionary
(a) taste of your own medicine — a taste/dose of your own ˈmedicine idiom the same bad treatment that you have given to others • Let the bully have a taste of his own medicine. Main entry: ↑medicineidiom … Useful english dictionary
a taste/dose of your own medicine — informal : harsh or unpleasant treatment that is like the treatment you have 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. • • • Main Entry:… … Useful english dictionary
(a) dose of your own medicine — a taste/dose of your own ˈmedicine idiom the same bad treatment that you have given to others • Let the bully have a taste of his own medicine. Main entry: ↑medicineidiom … Useful english dictionary
dose of one's own medicine — or[taste of one s own medicine] {n. phr.} Being treated in the same way you treat others; something bad done to you as you have done bad to other people. * /Jim was always playing tricks on other boys. Finally they decided to give him a dose of… … Dictionary of American idioms
dose of one's own medicine — or[taste of one s own medicine] {n. phr.} Being treated in the same way you treat others; something bad done to you as you have done bad to other people. * /Jim was always playing tricks on other boys. Finally they decided to give him a dose of… … Dictionary of American idioms
taste — taste1 W2S2 [teıst] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(what you like)¦ 3¦(judgment)¦ 4¦(what is acceptable/not offensive)¦ 5¦(experience)¦ 6¦(feeling)¦ 7 ... to taste ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(FOOD)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
medicine — noun 1 (C, U) a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink: take medicine: Have you taken your medicine? 2 (U) the treatment and study of illnesses and injuries: He studied medicine at Yale. | homeopathic medicine 3 the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
medicine */*/ — UK [ˈmed(ə)s(ə)n] / US [ˈmedɪsɪn] noun Word forms medicine : singular medicine plural medicines 1) [countable/uncountable] a substance that you take to treat an illness, especially a liquid that you drink cough medicine a medicine bottle take… … English dictionary
