The shoe is on the other foot

The shoe is on the other foot is used when a situation has reversed to be the opposite of what it previously was.
So this is what it feels like.

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Idiom: The shoe is on the other foot

The shoe is on the other foot is used when a situation has reversed to be the opposite of what it previously was.


In other words, the person with an advantage now has a disadvantage or vice versa.

It’s most often used when someone weak is now dominant, but it can also be used for the opposite meaning.

The bully in junior high school enters high school and becomes bullied: the shoe is on the other foot.

Likewise, the man who takes part in maternity harassment in his office returns home to hear that his wife has been a victim of maternity harassment at her office.

In English, we have another expression: you don’t know someone else until you have walked a mile in their shoes.

It’s sad to say, but it often seems humans can’t empathize with others until the shoe is on the other foot.


This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 67.

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