be in (someone's) shoes



be in (someone's) shoes

To share a particular experience or circumstance with someone else. It's easy to mock someone else—until you're in their shoes. As hard as it is to live with a disability, remember that you're not alone—a lot of other people are in your shoes too.
See also: shoe

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RÚNa-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Sellers['seləz]
TeaTE-ah (Finnish)Croatian, Slovene, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Sakurasah-koo-ṙahJapanese
SimonSIE-mən (English), see-MAWN (French), ZEE-mawn (German), SEE-mawn (Dutch)English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Macedonian
KerrieKER-eeEnglish