give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine

Related to word: medicine

Idiom

Definition

  1. to treat someone in the same negative way they have treated others

    以其人之道,还治其人之身。

    • He always makes fun of other people's mistakes, so when he made one, we decided to give him a taste of his own medicine.

      他总是取笑别人的错误,所以当他犯错时,我们决定以其人之道还治其人之身。

    • The bully often harassed weaker students, but when he encountered someone stronger, he got a dose of his own medicine.

      那个霸凌者经常骚扰较弱的学生,但当他遇到更强的人时,他就尝到了自己的苦果。

    • She had been lying to me, so I decided to give her a taste of her own medicine and let her know how it felt to be deceived.

      她一直在欺骗我,所以我决定以其人之道还治其人之身,让她知道被欺骗的感觉。