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APAD: Get a taste of your own medicine

最西边的岛上 2024-11-14 07:55:54 ( reads)


The idiom "get a taste of your own medicine" means to experience the same unpleasant treatment that someone has given to others.

Example in a sentence: "I don't feel at all sorry that people are calling you names. You're getting a taste of your own medicine".

The idiom comes from an Aesop's fable about a swindler who sells fake medicine. When the swindler gets sick, people give him his own medicine, which he knows won't work. 嘻嘻

- Source: Google AI
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I think the idiom corresponds somehow and someway to Chinese saying: 己所不欲勿施于人,若施于人苦果自得。

Looking at a different angle, if one can consistently do good things and help others in need, he or she will get the same kind treatment from others, right? 
So "every coin has tow sides", and a dice has 6 (or more 鬼脸)

Happy another Thursday my friends.

 

 

跟帖(8)

移花接木

2024-11-14 08:04:20

有个农妇一气之下喝农药自杀,没死,农药是假得,全家对假农药供应商表达感谢

最西边的岛上

2024-11-14 08:16:08

哈哈哈哈,要记住这家药商得名字,人可以喝,对虫子杂草无用。 ;-)))

7grizzly

2024-11-14 08:48:57

It was the last good news.Next the chemical vendor went bust

最西边的岛上

2024-11-14 08:58:50

Right, the “good not” news travels thousands miles … :-))

7grizzly

2024-11-14 08:52:43

In life, I shoot for no need of medicine.

最西边的岛上

2024-11-14 09:02:52

Good4You! “every medicine is a potential poison” ;-))

天边一片白云

2024-11-14 16:12:58

haha, funny one.

最西边的岛上

2024-11-14 16:25:47

APAD rule #2: have humor & fun. Yeah I got it 4 today!! ;-))