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Shoe Is on the Other Foot the situation now is the opposite of what it once was; places are reversed

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Once you drove right by me in the rain and didn't stop. Now the shoe is on the other foot. I'm driving, you're walking. In the mid-19th century this expression was "the boot is on the other leg." You'll probably be surprised to learn that until the 1800s, there were no left or right boots or shoes. You could put either one on either foot, and if you kept putting the same shoe on the same foot, eventually the shoe would conform to the shape of that foot. If one day you accidentally put the wrong shoe on the wrong foot, the situation would be the opposite of what it had been. In the same way, if the boss becomes an employee and the employee becomes the boss, then "the shoe is on the other foot." The conditions are reversed.

Idiom	Shoe Is on the Other Foot
Example	Once you drove right by me in the rain and didn't stop. Now the shoe is on the other foot. I'm driving, you're walking.
Meaning	the situation now is the opposite of what it once was; places are reversed
Origin	In the mid-19th century this expression was "the boot is on the other leg." You'll probably be surprised to learn that until the 1800s, there were no left or right boots or shoes. You could put either one on either foot, and if you kept putting the same shoe on the same foot, eventually the shoe would conform to the shape of that foot. If one day you accidentally put the wrong shoe on the wrong foot, the situation would be the opposite of what it had been. In the same way, if the boss becomes an employee and the employee becomes the boss, then "the shoe is on the other foot." The conditions are reversed.

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