首先，我們要介紹的是“The shoe is on the other foot”。

The shoe is on the other foot的意思是：形勢(shì)已經(jīng)完全不同了。下面這個(gè)例子就能夠說明the shoe is on the other foot在日常會(huì)話中是怎么用的：

例句-1: "Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -- he’s made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families."

這句話翻成中文就是說：“以前在學(xué)校里念書的時(shí)候，我們老是笑話瓊斯，認(rèn)為他這個(gè)人老是念書，不會(huì)玩。可是，現(xiàn)在情況就完全不同了。他賺了不少錢，而我們這些人的收入只夠維持家計(jì)而已。”

下面的一個(gè)例子是一個(gè)球迷在夸耀當(dāng)?shù)氐陌羟蜿?duì)：

例句-2: "For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league: we’ve finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we’re beating everybody else in the whole league."

這句話的意思是：“我們這個(gè)地方的球隊(duì)老虎隊(duì)十年前是參加聯(lián)賽的所有球隊(duì)中最次的一個(gè)，比賽結(jié)果老是最后一名。現(xiàn)在可不同了。我們球隊(duì)的隊(duì)員都很年輕，球藝也好。他們把其他球隊(duì)一個(gè)個(gè)全打敗了。”

現(xiàn)在我們來講一個(gè)和手套有關(guān)的習(xí)慣用語： To work hand in glove

To work hand in glove的意思是密切合作。我們來舉個(gè)例子吧：

例句-3: "The local police are working hand in glove with the FBI to find the bank robbers."

這是說：“當(dāng)?shù)氐木煺诤吐?lián)邦調(diào)查局密切合作設(shè)法找到那些搶劫銀行的罪犯。”

Hand in glove這個(gè)詞匯也經(jīng)常用在反面的場(chǎng)合，形容一些人合謀犯罪等。下面就是一個(gè)例子：

例句-4: "I read in the paper about this customs officer they arrested at the airport. They caught him working hand in glove with a gang of smugglers to bring diamonds into the country without paying duty."

這個(gè)人說：“我在報(bào)紙上看到有關(guān)那個(gè)在機(jī)場(chǎng)被逮捕的海關(guān)官員的消息。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他和一些走私者密切合作，把鉆石帶進(jìn)來而不繳關(guān)稅。”

上面我們講了兩個(gè)美國人常用的詞匯。第一個(gè)是 the shoe is on the other foot，這是指情況完全不同的意思。另外一個(gè)是 to work hand in glove，這是密切合作的意思。