"taste of one's own medicine" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-taste of one's own medicine.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} taste of one's own medicine
  1. (idiomatic, usually preceded by a) Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: dose of one's own medicine Translations (harsh treatment): but see 以其人之道,還治其人之身 (Chinese Mandarin), 以其人之道 (Chinese Mandarin), 还治其人之身 (yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn) (Chinese Mandarin), koekje van eigen deeg [neuter] (Dutch), but see maistaa omaa lääkettään (Finnish), but see rendre la pareille (French), rendre la monnaie de sa pièce (French), récolter ce que l’on a semé (French), but see mit gleicher Münze (German), am eigenen Leib spüren (German), am eigenen Leib erfahren (German), but see egye meg, amit főzött (Hungarian), but see í sömu mynt (Icelandic), tomhas a láimhe féin (Irish), pan per focaccia (Italian), dosis de su propia medicina (Spanish), cucharada de su propia medicina (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-taste_of_one's_own_medicine-en-noun-Ndgd3iaK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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