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
Josipa-Croatian
Mckaylamə-KAY-ləEnglish (Modern)
Bala-Hinduism, Tamil
HildeHIL-də (German, Dutch)German, Dutch, Norwegian
Lara (1)LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Baldrey['bɔ:ldri]