2in somebody’s shoesINSTEADin someone else’s situation, especially a bad one 处于某人的境地〔尤指恶劣处境〕
I wouldn’t like to be in his shoes when his wife finds out what happened.
如果他妻子发现了这一切,他的日子就不好过了。
Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing.
任何人碰到她这样的情况都会那么做的。
Don’t be cross with them. Try to put yourself in their shoes (=imagine what it would feel like to be in their situation).
别生他们的气,要设身处地为他们想想。
Examples from the Corpus
be in ... shoes• If he were in her shoes, he sure would.• I would, if I were in your shoes.• If I was in their shoes I'd hold off a couple of days.• Some are in deck shoes, some are in sandals, me in my flip-flops.• I wouldn't care to be in your shoes if the general took it into his head to inspect you now.• What wouldn't I give to be in your shoes now!• I know, because people tell me, that many would like to be in my shoes.
3step into/fill somebody’s shoesREPLACEto do a job that someone else used to do, and do it as well as they did 接替某人的工作[职位]
It’ll be hard to find someone to fill Pete’s shoes.
很难找到合适的人接替皮特的位置。
Examples from the Corpus
step into/fill somebody’s shoes• She stepped into her shoes, grabbed her clothes, and ran that way.