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Taste of (one's) own medicine

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Translation of "taste of (one's) own medicine" into Russian

taste of (one's) own medicine
ответить той же монетой
When the bully got picked on by someone stronger, he got a taste of his own medicine.
Когда задира подвергся нападкам кого-то сильнее, он получил ответ той же монетой.

Definitions

Experiencing the same unpleasant or harmful treatment that one has given to others, often as a form of retribution or poetic justice.