Idiom
taste of one's own poison
Meaning
Synonym of taste of one's own medicine.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He finally got a taste of his own poison.”
“She constantly interrupted others, so she felt annoyed when they gave her a taste of her own poison.”
“After years of manipulating his colleagues for personal gain, the manager finally received a taste of his own poison when his team orchestrated his removal.”
Examples
simple
“He finally got a taste of his own poison.”
contextual
“She constantly interrupted others, so she felt annoyed when they gave her a taste of her own poison.”
complex
“After years of manipulating his colleagues for personal gain, the manager finally received a taste of his own poison when his team orchestrated his removal.”
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