the boot is on the other foot

Meaning

1. used to say that a situation has changed so that sb now has power or authority over the person who used to have power or authority over them

In the movies · 1

• Suppose the boot was on the other foot, and someone came to you, say, your daughter, and said, "I haven't been sleeping for months."Another Year2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Another Year2010
  • A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills
  • Janet Rates Her Happiness
  • Mary Confides in Gerri Over Drinks

From the same entry

• be given the boot
• put the boot in
• to boot
• be too big for your boots
• fill your boots
• fill shoes
• lick boots
• tough as old boots
• boot out