taste of one's own medicine

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: but see 以其人之道,還治其人之身 /以其人之道 — harsh treatment
• Chinese Mandarin: 还治其人之身 (yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn) — harsh treatment
• Czech: spadnout do vlastní jámy — harsh treatment
• Dutch: koekje van eigen deeg — harsh treatment
• Finnish: but see maistaa omaa lääkettään — harsh treatment
• French: but see rendre la pareille — harsh treatment
• French: rendre la monnaie de sa pièce — harsh treatment
• French: récolter ce que l'on a semé — harsh treatment
• German: but see mit gleicher Münze — harsh treatment
• German: am eigenen Leib spüren — harsh treatment
• German: am eigenen Leib erfahren — harsh treatment
• Hungarian: but see egye meg, amit főzött — harsh treatment
• Icelandic: but see í sömu mynt — harsh treatment
• Irish: tomhas a láimhe féin — harsh treatment
• Italian: pan per focaccia — harsh treatment
• Polish: but see na własnej skórze — harsh treatment
• Slovak: spadnúť do vlastnej jamy — harsh treatment
• Spanish: dosis de su propia medicina — harsh treatment
• Spanish: cucharada de su propia medicina — harsh treatment
• Spanish: dar el medio vuelto — harsh treatment
• Swedish: få smaka på sin egen medicin — harsh treatment
• Ukrainian: відчути на власній шкурі (vidčuty na vlasnij škuri) — harsh treatment