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in the same shoes

in the same shoes prepositional phrase: in the same situation; having the same problems.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In the same situation; having the same problems.
    • How are you getting on with fronted adverbials? I only ask because my timeline on social media is suddenly full of parents telling me that they don’t know what these are and they don’t know why their children need to know them. […] Perhaps, as a parent, you are in the same shoes.2021 January 23, Michael Rosen, “Dear Gavin Williamson, could you tell parents what a fronted adverbial is?”, in The Guardian
    • The push-pull puts us more or less in the same shoes as protagonist Lucy (Grace Van Patten), who spends years wriggling on his hook before she’s finally able to cut herself free — and it’s that keen understanding of the psychology driving its central relationship that distinguishes Tell Me Lies...2022 September 6, Angie Han, “‘Tell Me Lies’ Review: Hulu’s Bad Romance Is Very Good”, in The Hollywood Reporter

Synonyms of in the same shoes

Questions about in the same shoes

What does in the same shoes mean?
In the same shoes means in the same situation; having the same problems.
What part of speech is in the same shoes?
In the same shoes is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the same shoes in the dictionary

  1. in the sack
  2. in the saddle
  3. in the sales
  4. in the same boat
  5. in the same breath
  6. in the same shoes
  7. in the same vain
  8. in the same vane
  9. in the same vein
  10. in the seven hells
  11. in the shadow of

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