Idioms Related to shoes

Oct 26
07:28

2010

Danille Devin

Danille Devin

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The shoe is on the other foot(AmE)/ The boot is on the other foot (BrE) It is used to say that a situation has changed so that sb. Now has power or authority over the person who used to have power or authority over them. The following bellow is tell you about Idioms Related to shoes.

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1.The shoe is on the other foot(AmE)/ The boot is on the other foot (BrE)It is used to say that a situation has changed so that sb. Now has power or authority over the person who used to have power or authority over them. E.g.Back in middle school we made fun of Lisa because we thought she spent too much time reading instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -she's become a millionaire while the rest of us are just barely making enough money to feed our families.

2.be in sb.shoes/ put yourself in sb's shoesTo be in or imagine that you are in another person's situation,Idioms Related to shoes Articles especially when it is an unpleasant or difficult oneE.g.I wouldn't like to be in your shoes when they find out about it."There're lots would give their ears to be in your shoes."-Sister CarrieYou should try to put yourself in her shoes.If you have to do part time jobs after school, you will also have no time to go shopping.

3.If the shoe fits (,wear it)(AmE)/ If the cap fits (, wear it) If you feel that a remark applies to you, you should accept it and take it as a warning or criticismE.g.I didn't actually say that you were the one who broke the window but if the shoe fits.

4.drop the other shoe ORIGIN A man who wearing moncler jackets lives on an upper floor in a hotel comes back late at night and starts to undress.He does remember that the waitress asked him to keep quiet for the customer on the lower floor is easy to be wakened.First he takes off one shoe but drops it loudly on the floor carelessly, waking up the man.Then he remembers to be quiet.He takes off the other shoe and sets it down carefully and silently.After a long interval, his neighbor, who has been lying awake all this time, yells up, 'For God's sake, drop the other shoe!'E.g.I really regret for giving a piece of my mind to Sofia, so I've written her an E-mail to apologize and hope she'll forgive me.What I can do now is to wait for the other shoe to drop.

5.fill sb's shoes / bootsTo do sb's job in a satisfactory way when they are not thereE.g.Our CEO resigned for the board didn't agree with his acquisition proposal.Will anyone be able to fill his shoes?

6.shake in one's shoes To be very frightened or nervousE.g.I shook in my shoes when the bomb exploded suddenly.

7.step into sb's shoes To continue a job or the work that sb.else has startedE.g.The manager asked Peter to step into his shoes when he was on business.

8.on a shoestring Using very little money E.g.In the early years, the business was run on a shoestring. 

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