step into dead men's shoes

To take over the position or role of someone who has died. Derived from the proverb, "It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes." With the economy as stagnant as it is, the only way to get a promotion these days is to step into dead men's shoes.

See also: dead, shoe, step

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

teach a man to fish
village
it takes a village
require
desperate times call for desperate measures
desperate times require desperate measures
drastic
drastic times call for drastic measures
drastic times require drastic measures
change horses in midstream, don't

词组	step into dead men's shoes
释义	step into dead men's shoes step into dead men's shoes To take over the position or role of someone who has died. Derived from the proverb, "It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes." With the economy as stagnant as it is, the only way to get a promotion these days is to step into dead men's shoes. See also: dead, shoe, step Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: teach a man to fish village it takes a village require desperate times call for desperate measures desperate times require desperate measures drastic drastic times call for drastic measures drastic times require drastic measures change horses in midstream, don't
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