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stand_in_someone's_shoes

stand in someone's shoes

English

Verb

stand in someone's shoes

(idiomatic) to see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels.
How would it be, if you were standing in my shoes?

Translations

to be in situation of somebody else

Czech: být na něčím místě, být někým (být tebou apod.), (in negative sentences - with not want to:) být v něčí kůži
German: an j-s Stelle sein, an j-s Stelle stehen, Wenn ich du wäre (und ähnlich), (in negative sentences - with not want to:) in j-s Haut stecken

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