Relationships
put yourself in someone else's shoes
imagine another person's viewpoint
To put yourself in someone else's shoes means to imagine what a situation feels like from their point of view.
Hear it in real life
I can't understand why she reacted like that.
Put yourself in her shoes for a moment.
Try to put yourself in his shoes before you complain about his decision.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Try to put yourself in her shoe.
Say: Try to put yourself in her shoes.
Learners may use singular “shoe” because they are imagining one person's point of view.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
put yourself in someone's shoes; put myself in her shoes
Your turn: say it out loud
Try to put yourself in his shoes before you complain about his decision.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
put yourself in someone else's shoes
imagine another person's viewpoint
“Try to put yourself in his shoes before you complain about his decision.”
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