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

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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": "fordul a kocka"
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          "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
          "word": "komið annað hljóð í strokkinn"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the roles have been reversed",
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