the shoe is on the other foot: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    General EnglishinformalcolloquialMachine
    • A situation in which roles, positions, or advantages have been reversed between two parties.
    • A circumstance in which a person experiences the consequences or treatment they previously imposed on others, leading to a changed perspective.

    Examples

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    • After years of being the boss, the shoe is on the other foot now that his assistant is in charge.

      Después de años de ser el jefe, ahora los papeles se han invertido ya que su asistente está a cargo.

    • When she had to answer tough questions from her former students, the shoe was on the other foot.

      Cuando tuvo que responder preguntas difíciles de sus antiguos estudiantes, la situación se invirtió.

    • The shoe is on the other foot now that the critic has become the artist being reviewed.

      Ahora la situación se invirtió ya que el crítico se ha convertido en el artista que está siendo evaluado.

Examples:

  • EN: Now the shoe is on the other foot.
    ES: Ahora el zapato está en otro pie.
    ES: Ahora el zapato está en el otro pie.
  • EN: Well looks like the shoe is on the other foot, doesn't it?
    ES: Bueno parece que el zapato está en el otro pie, ¿verdad?
  • EN: It seems the shoe is on the other foot now, doesn't it?
    ES: Parece que el zapato ya está en el otro pie.
  • EN: I was not much younger, and this is totally different! No, it isn't! So when the shoe is on the other foot...
    ES: Él puede darte un trabajo como escritora, y la paga es buena, así que puedes seguir apoyándo a tu familia,
  • EN: Looks like the shoe is on the other foot.
    ES: Parece como que el zapato hubiera cambiado de pié.
  • EN: I can't deny it, when the shoe is on the other foot, you see things differently.
    ES: Ay, no lo puedo negar. Haber estado del otro lado de la moneda, me ha abierto los ojos.
  • EN: "Looks like the shoe is on the other foot. " Yeah, I was just thinking that.
    ES: "Parece que el zapato está en el otro pie." Eso pensaba.
  • EN: But as soon as the shoe is on the other foot...
    ES: Pero tan pronto como el zapato es al reves...
  • EN: Interesting when the shoe is on the other foot, isn't it?
    ES: Interesante cuando el zapato está en el otro pie, ¿verdad?
  • EN: Today, the shoe is on the other foot.
    ES: Hoy, los papeles se invierten.
  • EN: But now the shoe is on the other foot, he says.
    HI: वो पैर कहा अब बाक़ी है
  • EN: To simplify the message................things change when the shoe is on the other foot!
    HI: छोड़ें. . . जब दूसरी हांथ में हो!
  • EN: Now he says that the shoe is on the other foot.
    HI: वो पैर कहा अब बाक़ी है
  • EN: Well now maybe the shoe is on the other foot and black leaders aren't happy with one of their own.
    HI: अब काले में दाल पड़ी है, नेताओं का स्वार्थ है
  • EN: Today, the shoe is on the other foot, so to speak and the Democrats are the minority party.
    HI: आज तो चाह भी है, राह भी है- पीएम

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