in one's shoes
in one's boots
in someone else's shoes
In or into one's place or position.
На чьём-либо месте, в чьей-либо шкуре; быть в таком же положении, как и кто-либо.
How would you like to be in a lion tamer's boots?
I wouldn’t like to be in my cousin's shoes now that he has lost his job.
Не хотел бы я быть на месте моего кузена сейчас, когда он потерял работу.
If I were in your shoes, I wouldn’t take too many classes this semester.
When his boss finds out about that accounting error, I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.
Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought to be grateful we're not in his shoes.
shake in one's shoes
shake in one's boots
To be very much afraid.
The robber shook in his boots when the police knocked on his door.