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have the shoe on the other foot
have the shoe on the other foot
Fig. to experience the opposite situation (from a previous situation). (See the proverb The shoe is on the other foot. I used to be a student, and now I'm the teacher. Now I have the shoe on the other foot.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Pau | | - | Catalan, Occitan |
| Moritz | | MO-rits | German |
| Inka | | EENG-kah (Finnish), ING-kah (German) | Frisian, Finnish, German |
| Pascuala | | pahs-KWAH-lah | Spanish |
| Downey | | ['dauni:] | |
| Lenora | | [lə'nɔ:rə] | |