medicine (redirected from give a dose of their own medicine)

a bitter pill (to swallow)

a situation that is unpleasant but must be accepted. Losing the championship to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow. Cuts in salaries are a dose of bitter medicine that may help the company to survive.

See also: bitter, pill

give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine

to do the same bad thing to someone that they have often done to you, in order to show them how unpleasant it is. She's always turning up late for me so I thought I'd give her a taste of her own medicine and see how she likes it.

See also: dose, give, taste

Laughter is the best medicine.

something that you say which means that it is good for your physical and mental health to laugh. A visit from Camille always makes me feel better - she's so hilarious. It's like they say, laughter's the best medicine.

See also: best, laughter

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a bitter pill (to swallow)

an unpleasant situation that must be accepted. Losing the championship was a bitter pill to swallow for a team that was used to winning every year. Having his fate in the hands of others is a bitter pill for this proud man.

See also: bitter, pill