Meanings (ES + gloss)
cucharada de su propia medicina • dar el medio vuelto • dosis de su propia medicina
Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.
"The man's spirit is evil enough to frighten people away and we will drop stones upon him, so that he can learn the taste of his own medicine."
The Long Tom in the stern of the schooner opened fire . . . and two men were seen to go down. The captain laughed. "That's a taste of their own medicine," he said.
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