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Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.

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vicious circle

[vicious circle] {n. phr.} A kind of circular or chain reaction in which one negative thing leads to another. * /Some people take so many different kinds of medicine to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dose of one's own medicine

[dose of one's own medicine] or [taste of one's own medicine] {n. phr.} Being treated in the same way you treat others; something bad done to you as you have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take one's medicine

[take one's medicine] {v. phr.} To accept punishment without complaining. * /The boy said he was sorry he broke the window and was ready to take his medicine./ Compare: [FACE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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