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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.
See also: foot, have, on, other, shoe

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pau-Catalan, Occitan
MoritzMO-ritsGerman
InkaEENG-kah (Finnish), ING-kah (German)Frisian, Finnish, German
Pascualapahs-KWAH-lahSpanish
Downey['dauni:]
Lenora[lə'nɔ:rə]
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