stand in (someone's) shoes
stand in (someone's) shoes
To see or understand things from someone else's position or perspective; to empathize with someone. I used to resent my dad for the placid way he was with our domineering mother, but once I grew up a bit and stood in his shoes for a while, I came to have a greater appreciation for what he must have been going through. If you encounter a bully, try standing in their shoes—they're probably deeply unhappy and redirect that feeling onto others.
See also: shoe, stand
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
- be one in the eye for
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- be in bad with (someone)
- big spender
- be (not) a patch on