"the shoe is on the other foot" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1919, Ring Lardner, chapter 1, in The Real Dope",
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        "(idiomatic) The roles of people in a situation have been reversed, such that the advantage has shifted to a party which was previously disadvantaged."
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          "word": "which foot the shoe is on"
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          "word": "the tables are turned"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
          "word": "fordul a kocka"
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
          "word": "komið annað hljóð í strokkinn"
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          "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
          "word": "essere dall'altra parte della barricata"
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          "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
          "word": "role się odwróciły"
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          "roman": "situacija izmenilasʹ na protivopoložennuju",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
      "word": "fordul a kocka"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
      "word": "komið annað hljóð í strokkinn"
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      "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
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