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
Cullen	KUL-ən	English
Nanook	-	Native American, Inuit
Cornelia	kawr-NE-lee-ah (German), kor-NE-lyah (Italian), kawr-NAY-lee-ah (Dutch), kər-NEE-lee-ə (English), kər-NEEL-yə (English)	German, Romanian, Italian, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Bet	BET (Limburgish)	Frisian, Limburgish
Cates	[keits]
Magdalene	mahk-dah-LE-nə (German), MAG-də-lən (English), MAG-də-leen (English)	German, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek