| 单词 | to be in shoes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in (another person's) shoes k. to be in (another person's) shoes: to be in his position or place. Chiefly in negative form = in his unenviable condition or plight. to place (a person) in the shoes of (another person): to give (him) the position vacated by (another). to step into the shoes of (another person): to occupy the position vacated by him. to wait for dead men's shoes: to wait for the death of a person with the expectancy of succeeding to his possessions or office. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > for an opportunity to wait one's (or the) time, hour, opportunity, etc.1303 watch?1473 to wait for dead men's shoes1550 to have an eye to the wood1578 to bide one's time1853 the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)] to stand for ——OE to stand in a person's stead?a1515 to be in any one's coat1530 walk1558 to serve the turn of1565 succenturiate1647 commute1653 to hand the saw1654 substitute1675 surrogate1681 to be in (another person's) shoes1767 substitute1888 pinch-hit1911 the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > substitute [verb (transitive)] changec1225 shifta1325 puta1400 underputc1400 put1483 put1535 subrogate1548 substitute1548 surrogate1586 counterchange1604 supplya1618 suffect1620 commute1667 succeed1667 to be in (another person's) shoes1842 sub1919 1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. vi. sig. Cv Who waitth for dead mens shoen, shal go long barfoote. 1609 Old Meg of Hereford-shire sig. C3 It were no hoping after dead mens shooes, for both vpper-leather and soles would bee worne out to nothing. 1767 C. Bedingfield Let. 11 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 404 I would rather chuse to stand in his Sardinian Majesty's shoes than his; who [etc.]. 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 29 June 325/2 Volunteers, with the rank of officers (who are impatiently waiting at ‘the pool’ for the death and old shoes of commissioned officers). 1777 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 304 I judge, I should put more to risk if I were in his shoes. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. x. 260 But then, in order to secure the lender, he must come in the shoes of the creditor to whom he advances payment. ‘Come in his shoes!’ replied the Earl... ‘It is a law phrase, my lord’..said Heriot. 1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iii. viii Them that were placed by Edred in the shoes Of Seculars that by Edred were expulsed. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth i Cornelis..stuck to the hearth, waiting for dead men's shoes. 1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington I. xxviii. 281 I must be the first to congratulate you on the acquisition of my old shoes. 1880 J. Payn Confidential Agent III. 130 I wish I was in your shoes. 1908 Times 21 July 3/1 The respondents were interested in the success of Mme. Bovet..but that could never put them in her shoes in vindicating her rights against wrongdoers. < as lemmas |
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