on the other side of the fence—on the side of the opposition:
- You fight all your life for something and then before you know where you are you’re on the other side of the fence fighting against it.
on the other side of the hill—in the latter part of one’s life:
- I had to go through a lot of raillery about how old I was getting and what it was like on the other side of the hill.
on the other side of the tracks —(also: on the wrong side of the tracks) in the less respectable or the poorer part of a town:
- It seems that there are some, well, some low drinking dens on the other side of the tracks.
Note: None of the expressions correlates in meaning with the phrase on the other side—used with reference to the world beyond the grave (as inhabited by the spirits):
- Are they still obese on the other side? I’d like to ask next time you have a seance.