A Taste Of Your Own Medicine什么意思

Someone gives you "a taste of your own medicine" when they act towards you the same way you act towards others in order to teach you a lesson about the way you are acting. If a man acts rudely to others, for example, acting rudely back to him would be giving him "a taste of his own medicine." Example: "Did you see those two people cutting in front of us in line just now? Let's cut in front of them and give thema taste of their own medicine!" Most "medicine" does not taste good; "your own medicine" is the way you act towards other people; you get "a taste of your own medicine" when you "taste" what it feels like for others to haveyou act towards them the way you do. Example (this is aggressive): "I saw you pushing my brother yesterday... maybe I shouldgive you a taste of your own medicine!" It is likemedicinebecause you think it is good for the other person to learn that they are treating others unfairly, even if the lesson does nottastegood. Example: "He's always interrupting people when they are talking; what he deserves isa taste of his own medicine!" Example: "It looks like she gota taste of her own medicine."