the boot is on the other foot



the boot is on the other foot

  (British & Australian) also the shoe is on the other foot (American)
if you say that the boot is on the other foot, you mean that a situation is now the opposite of what it was before, often because a person who was in a weak position is now in a strong position In the past, we had great influence over their economy, but the boot is on the other foot now.
See get a/ foot in the door, shoot in the foot, have one foot in the grave
See also: boot, foot, on, other

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KrisztiÁNKREES-tee-ahnHungarian
Mcmillan[mək'milən]
NevilNEV-əlEnglish (Rare)
Tonka-Slovene, Croatian
ChristerKRIS-ter (Swedish)Swedish, Danish
EmeryEM-ə-reeEnglish