medicine “药”被用在短语“a taste of your own medicine” 中来代表“一个人对他人苛刻的言行”,其真实含义是“以其人之道,还治其人之身、自食其果”。
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We thought you needed to get a taste of your own medicine. Tastes bad doesn't it? But we all feel a lot better for it.
我们认为你需要自尝苦果,是不是很难受呢?但我们觉得很好。
If he plays pranks again, we will punish a taste of your own medicine.
他再恶作剧的话,我们就以其人之道,还治其人之身。
【例句】
We thought you needed to get a taste of your own medicine. Tastes bad doesn't it? But we all feel a lot better for it.
我们认为你需要自尝苦果,是不是很难受呢?但我们觉得很好。
If he plays pranks again, we will punish a taste of your own medicine.
他再恶作剧的话,我们就以其人之道,还治其人之身。