which foot the shoe is on
which foot the shoe is on phrase: which point of view is considered or whose interests are used as a basis.
Phrase
which foot the shoe is on
- Which point of view is considered or whose interests are used as a basis.
- A whole lot depends on whose foot the shoe is on. I have noticed some of these fellows who speak about sentiment do not object so much to it when it works their way.1915, Hannah Kent Schoff, The Wayward Child: A Study of the Causes of Crime, Bobbs-Merrill Co., p. 22 (at archive.org)
- As usual, it makes a difference which foot the shoe is on. All too often the farmer has been willing to vote for legislation as long as he was exempted […] But he doesn't like it when it is proposed that laws he supports when they apply to others also be applied to him.1948 December 9, “Shoe on the Other Foot”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 14 Aug 2015, page 18
Forms of which foot the shoe is on
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| alternative form | whose foot the shoe is on |
Questions about which foot the shoe is on
- What does which foot the shoe is on mean?
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