be in another person's shoes

be in another person's shoes
be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes imagine oneself in another's situation or predicament.
Main Entry: shoe

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  • be in another person's shoes — be (or put oneself) in another person s shoes be (or put oneself) in another person s situation or predicament if I d been in your shoes I d have walked out on him …   Useful english dictionary

  • be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes — imagine oneself in another s situation or predicament. → shoe …   English new terms dictionary

  • put oneself in another person's shoes — ► be (or put oneself) in another person s shoes imagine oneself in another s situation or predicament. Main Entry: ↑shoe …   English terms dictionary

  • put oneself in another person's shoes — place oneself in someone else s situation, try to imagine what it is like to go through someone else s experiences …   English contemporary dictionary

  • put\ oneself\ in\ another's\ shoes — • put oneself in another s place • put oneself in another s shoes v. phr. To understand another person s feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. It seemed like a dreadful thing for… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • in another's shoes — It is difficult to know what another person s life is really like, so we don t know what it is like to be in someone s shoes …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • put\ oneself\ in\ another's\ place — • put oneself in another s place • put oneself in another s shoes v. phr. To understand another person s feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. It seemed like a dreadful thing for… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • (be) in somebody's shoes — be in sb s shoes | put yourself in sb s shoes idiom to be in, or imagine that you are in, another person s situation, especially when it is an unpleasant or difficult one • I wouldn t like to be in your shoes when they find out about it. • Well… …   Useful english dictionary

  • put yourself in somebody's shoes — be in sb s shoes | put yourself in sb s shoes idiom to be in, or imagine that you are in, another person s situation, especially when it is an unpleasant or difficult one • I wouldn t like to be in your shoes when they find out about it. • Well… …   Useful english dictionary

  • put oneself in another's place — or[put oneself in another s shoes] {v. phr.} To understand another person s feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. * /It seemed like a dreadful thing for Bob to do, but I tried to… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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