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Taste of one's own medicine

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Definition: If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to them in the same way that they have done to you in order to teach them a lesson.

Origins: The origin of the phrase 'a taste of your own medicine' comes from Aesop's famous story about a swindler who sells fake medicine, claiming that it can cure anything. When he falls ill, people give him his own medicine, which he knows will not work.

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hinese teach people to practice filial piety. If they don't treat their parents well, they will be given a taste of their own medicine when they get old.

中国人讲孝道，认为如果对父母不好，今后老了会自食其果。

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I have always wanted those people who make shoddy and fake products to know that one day they are going to have a taste of their own medicine.

我一直希望那些制造伪劣产品的人知道迟早有一天他们会自食其果的。

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Ah you cheated on your girlfriend, be careful she doesn't give you a taste of your own medicine.

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