the shoe is on the other foot

the situation is now the opposite of what it was before Now that I don't smoke, the shoe is on the other foot and I don't want people smoking around me.

the shoe is on the other foot

Informal

The circumstances have been reversed; an unequal relationship has been inverted.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Birgit	BIR-git (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German
Chadwick	['tʃædwik]
Febe	FE-be (Italian)	Dutch, Spanish, Italian
Besnik	-	Albanian
Rosheen	-	Irish
Emiliano	e-mee-LYAH-no	Spanish, Italian