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Phrase(s): The shoe is on the other foot.
Prov. One is experiencing the same (often bad) things that one caused another person to experience. (Note the variations in the examples.) • The teacher is taking a course in summer school and is finding out what it’s like when the shoe is on the other foot. • When the policeman was arrested, he learned what it was like to have the shoe on the other foot.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs