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
Yegorye-GORRussian
Ioubal-Biblical Greek
SÜHeyl-Turkish
Juanitohwah-NEE-toSpanish
Saliha-Arabic
ValÉRia-Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak