be in another person's shoes

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


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  • 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 …   English terms 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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