in someone else's shoes

in someone else's shoes
in someone else's shoes & in someone else's place
Fig. seeing or experiencing something from someone else's point of view. (See also in a bind and the examples.) •

You might feel different if you were in her shoes.

Pretend you're in Tom's place, and then try to figure out why he acts the way he does.

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See: IN ONE'S SHOES.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • in someone else's shoes — See: IN ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • be in someone else's shoes — {v. phr.} To be in someone else s situation. * /Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought to be grateful we re not in his shoes./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • be in someone else's shoes — {v. phr.} To be in someone else s situation. * /Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought to be grateful we re not in his shoes./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • be\ in\ someone\ else's\ shoes — v. phr. To be in someone else s situation. Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought to be grateful we re not in his shoes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • in\ someone\ else's\ shoes — See: in one s shoes …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • in someone's shoes — in (someone s) shoes having the same experience as someone else. If I put myself in their shoes, I think I would have done just what they did. You re not alone – lots of people are in your shoes, looking for work …   New idioms dictionary

  • step into someone's shoes — step into (someone s) shoes to take the job or position that someone else had before you. When his father retires, Victor will be ready to step into his shoes. It will take a very special person to fill Barbara s shoes …   New idioms dictionary

  • fill someone's shoes — fill (someone s) shoes to do what someone else has done as well as they did. He was a great coach, and it s not going to be easy to get someone to fill his shoes …   New idioms dictionary

  • step into someone's shoes —    If you step into someone s shoes, you take over a job or position held by someone else before you.     William has been trained to step into his father s shoes when he retires …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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