dosis de su propia medicina

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, dose of one's own medicine.

Noun

dosis de su propia medicina f (plural dosis de sus propias medicinas)

  1. (idiomatic) a taste of one's own medicine
    • 2009 June 28, John Bush, Performance Resource Associates, “Los clientes infernales también son clientes” (chapter 32), in ¡Wow!, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 176:
      Le da una dosis de su propia medicina, y se siente bien por haberlo hecho.
      He gives them a taste of their own medicine, and he feels good about doing it.
    • 2010 November 9 [2010 October 5], Charles Stanley, “Paz” (chapter 8), in Como Sobrevivir en Un Mundo Lleno de Eno, Howard Books, →ISBN, page 152:
      Me gustaría darle a esa persona una dosis de su propia medicina.
      I would like to give that person a taste of their own medicine.
    • 2014 March 15, Torin Finser, “Mirarse al Espejo” (chapter 4), in Renovación Escolar, Steiner Books, →ISBN:
      Es una culminación curiosa que el niño abandonado dé por primera vez al Rey una dosis de su propia medicina y lo envíe a la «otra orilla» []
      It is a curious culmination that the abandoned child, for the first time, gives the King a taste of his own medicine and sends him to the "other shore"