Walk in my shoes???

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string08

#56895 Tue, 23 Nov 04 03:19 AM

Hello,everyone, I am not sure what "walk in my shoes" means,.Any of you folks can help me ?
Tanks in advance.

string08

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Mister Micawber

#56917 Tue, 23 Nov 04 05:27 AM

'Walk in my shoes' means experience what I experience.

Mister Micawber

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'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

floral

#57168 Wed, 24 Nov 04 05:36 AM

experience what I experience in my shoes?
How can I walk in my shoes?
Smell what I smell?

floral

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Out of sight,out of mind.

Mister Micawber

#57193 Wed, 24 Nov 04 08:25 AM

Precisely-- smell what I smell, see what I see, and, more significantly, observe what I observe and feel what I feel.

We use the expression to ask someone to understand our viewpoint, or to change his/her opinion to our own, on some matter: 'If you could walk a mile in my shoes, you would see why I think that people are generally xenophobic'-- meaning that incidents in my life have shown me a lot of xenophobia toward myself as a foreigner, and that if you had my experiences, you would have a similar opinion.

Is that more clear?

Mister Micawber

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