be in shoes

Meaning

1. Oxford64% of films

   to be in, or imagine that you are in, another person's situation, especially when it is an unpleasant or difficult one

In the movies · 14

• You certainly have. I wish you were in my shoes.Way Out West1937
• Put yourself in their shoes.The Ultimate Gift2007
• "These shoes? On these shoes?"Knocked Up2007
• Get the shoes. Show them the shoes.The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• That's good. Shoes.Pollock2000
• Change the shoes.Won't You Be My Neighbor?2018
• Nice shoes, by the way.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation2015
• Well, these shoes are ruined.Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare2010

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career

From the same entry

• if I were in your shoes
• if the shoe fits
• the shoe is on the other foot
• fill shoes
• shake in your shoes
• step into shoes

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• by any chance
• for good
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• out of the way
• be rid of
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• take for granted
• it's just a matter of time
• the best of luck
• speak of the devil