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A Dose Of One's Own Medicine »
(the bad thing one does to others happens to oneself...)


A Place To Call Your Own »
(a place to live or work where you are the owner...)


A Taste Of Your Own Medicine »
(a lesson where other people treat you the same way you treat them in order to teach you that you are acting badly...)


Afraid Of One's Own Shadow »
(fearful and easily frightened...)


Beating Him At His Own Game »
(doing the thing that the other person does well, but doing it better and winning...)


Blowing Your Own Trumpet »
(saying good things about yourself...)


Coming Into Your Own »
(becoming confident, unique and independent...)


Digging Your Own Grave »
(the thing you are doing will surely cause your failure; you are doing things which will cause you to fail...)


Do One's Own Thing »
(do what you like to do and not what others force you to do...)


Feathering Her Own Nest With It »
(using it to help herself...)


Foul One's Own Nest »
(do something to ruin or damage one's home situation...)


Get A Taste Of One's Own Medicine »
(the bad thing one does to others has now happened to oneself...)


In A World Of One's Own »
(that person is not connected to others; not relating to the people nearby...)


In Your Own Best Interests »
(because it helps you...)


Judge Something On Its Own Merits »
(that things is judged by it's own good or bad points, not by association with others...)


Line One's Own Pockets »
(keep the money for oneself...)


On One's Own »
(alone; without others...)


On One's Own Time »
(when one is not being paid by another...)


Own Up To Something »
(admit responsibility for...)


Stand On One's Own Two Feet »
(independent; able to take care of oneself...)


Take One's Own Life »
(kill oneself; commit suicide...)


Tooting Your Own Horn »
(making noise about your strong points...)


Fend For Oneself »
(fight to protect oneself and take care of one's own needs...)


Get A Life »
(rude way to say stop bothering other people; focus on your own life; go away; stop bothering us; we don't want you here...)


Live Out Of A Suitcase »
(not have one's own place to store one's things; be homeless...)


Out Of Pocket Expenses »
(one has to pay with one's own money...)




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