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'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.
--The Nazi concentration camp guards tortured and humiliated the inmates. After the camps were liberated, the guards were subjected to the same tortures now inflicted by their former captives. Now the boot is truly on the other foot.
cf. the similar idiom;- 'the roles are reversed' and 'the tables are turned. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reversal
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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.
--The Nazi concentration camp guards tortured and humiliated the inmates. After the camps were liberated, the guards were subjected to the same tortures now inflicted by their former captives. Now the boot is truly on the other foot.
cf. the similar idiom;- 'the roles are reversed' and 'the tables are turned. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reversal
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