on the other foot
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Banks could be caught on the other foot if market conditions change and Argentina can’t sell new bonds or find other funds to repay them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Judge Breyer in San Francisco made short of that claim in his dismissal of the lawsuit against CCDH; indeed, he found that the shoe was on the other foot.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024
Just imagine the shoe on the other foot.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024
Marines earned a peerless reputation for amphibious assaults across World War II’s Pacific theater, but with China now asserting itself across the Indo-Pacific, the combat boot is on the other foot.
From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2023
A new spot in the same place as the first one, just on the other foot.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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