a lesson where other people treat you the same way you treat them in order to teach you that you are acting badly He's always interrupting people when they are talking; what he deserves is a taste of his own medicine!
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Syn: To make a mountain out of a molehill,
To make a big deal out of something. My friend really blew it out of proportion. She said she’ll never get a job. She started talking about going back to school and changing careers.
I was unable to stick to my plan My friend stopped smoking for 10 straight days but fell off the wagon when he was playing poker with his friends. He should get back on track
