Taste of One's Own Medicine

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We all know that medicine is what doctors give you to help you feel better.

TASTE OF SOMEONE’S OWN MEDICINE

so, are Anna and Jonathan now giving drugs to people?

Josh did it to me again!

I invited him for a night of karaoke.

He promised to go, but then didn’t show up!

You should give him a taste of his own medicine.

Next time he invites you to karaoke, say yes , but don’t go.

I can’t do that .

I love karaoke.

I have to go!

Giving someone a taste of their own medicine means doing something to another person because he or she did it to you.

It is meant to send a message to the other person.

So it is usually a bad thing–like promising to go to karaoke, but then not going.

And that’s English in a Minute!