APAD: Get a taste of your own medicine


The idiom "get a taste of your own medicine" means to experience the same unpleasant treatment that someone has given to others.

Example in a sentence: "I don't feel at all sorry that people are calling you names. You're getting a taste of your own medicine".

The idiom comes from an Aesop's fable about a swindler who sells fake medicine. When the swindler gets sick, people give him his own medicine, which he knows won't work. 嘻嘻

- Source: Google AI
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I think the idiom corresponds somehow and someway to Chinese saying: 己所不欲勿施于人,若施于人苦果自得。

Looking at a different angle, if one can consistently do good things and help others in need, he or she will get the same kind treatment from others, right? 
So "every coin has tow sides", and a dice has 6 (or more 鬼脸)

Happy another Thursday my friends.

 

 

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有个农妇一气之下喝农药自杀,没死,农药是假得,全家对假农药供应商表达感谢 -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 08:04:20

哈哈哈哈,要记住这家药商得名字,人可以喝,对虫子杂草无用。 ;-))) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 08:16:08

It was the last good news.Next the chemical vendor went bust -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 08:48:57

Right, the “good not” news travels thousands miles … :-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 08:58:50

In life, I shoot for no need of medicine. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 08:52:43

Good4You! “every medicine is a potential poison” ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 09:02:52

haha, funny one. -天边一片白云- 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 16:12:58

APAD rule #2: have humor & fun. Yeah I got it 4 today!! ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/14/2024 postreply 16:25:47

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