dose of one's own medicine
Taste of payback
Treatment of the same unpleasant kind one has given others.
The phrase implies deserved payback—someone who has been rude, manipulative, or cruel finally experiences similar treatment: After years of bullying coworkers, he got a dose of his own medicine when the new manager criticized him publicly.
Often appears with *taste* instead of *dose*.
- tit for tatEquivalent retaliation
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- turn the tablesGain upper hand suddenly
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- fight fire with fireCombat using identical methods
karma · poetic justice · serves you right · what goes around comes around · recompense · eye for an eye · boomerang effect · mirroring · payback · consequence · lesson learned · just deserts · comeuppance · bitter pill to swallow · punishment · retaliation · accountability · vindication
dose of one's own medicineunprovoked attack
sucker punch · victimization · first strike · bullying · persecution
dose of one's own medicineforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
letting it go · grace · mercy · pardoning · forbearance
dosing, dosages, owning, ownership, medicine, medicines, medicinal, medics, medical