wouldn't want to be in shoes



wouldn't want to be in someone's shoes

Fig. would not trade places with someone who is in a bad situation. Now Jim has to explain to his wife how he wrecked their car. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. She may be rich, but I wouldn't want to be in her shoes. Everyone in her family hates her.
See also: shoe, want

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DulceDOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
AltonAWL-tənEnglish
ÉMeric-French
Jameela-Arabic
PhilFILEnglish
Noam-Hebrew