in\ one's\ shoes

in\ one's\ shoes
• in one's shoes
• in one's boots
adv. phr.
In or into one's place or position.

How would you like to be in a lion tamer's boots?

Compare: put oneself in another's place, step into one's shoes

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • fill one's shoes — {v. phr.} To take the place of another and do as well; to substitute satisfactorily for. * /When Jack got hurt, the coach had nobody to fill his shoes./ * /Joe hopes to fill his father s shoes./ See: IN ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fill one's shoes — {v. phr.} To take the place of another and do as well; to substitute satisfactorily for. * /When Jack got hurt, the coach had nobody to fill his shoes./ * /Joe hopes to fill his father s shoes./ See: IN ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fill\ one's\ shoes — v. phr. To take the place of another and do as well; to substitute satisfactorily for. When Jack got hurt, the coach had nobody to fill his shoes. Joe hopes to fill his father s shoes. See: in one s shoes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • in one's shoes — also[in one s boots] {adv. phr.} In or into one s place or position. * /How would you like to be in a lion tamer s boots?/ Compare: PUT ONESELF IN ANOTHER S PLACE, STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • in one's shoes — also[in one s boots] {adv. phr.} In or into one s place or position. * /How would you like to be in a lion tamer s boots?/ Compare: PUT ONESELF IN ANOTHER S PLACE, STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • into one's shoes — See: STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • into one's shoes — See: STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • into\ one's\ shoes — See: step into one s shoes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • step into one's shoes — {v. phr.} To do what someone else usually does after he has stopped doing it. * /When Bill s father died, Bill had to step into his father s shoes to support his mother./ * /A coach trains the junior varsity to step into the shoes of the members… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • step into one's shoes — {v. phr.} To do what someone else usually does after he has stopped doing it. * /When Bill s father died, Bill had to step into his father s shoes to support his mother./ * /A coach trains the junior varsity to step into the shoes of the members… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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