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walk a mile in someone's shoes

To experience what someone has experienced.

Etymology:

  • From walk + a + mile + in + + shoes. Originally, and still chiefly, found in admonitions not to judge a person until one has walked a mile in that person's shoes.
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пройти милю в чьей-то шкуре

用某人的鞋子走一英里

用某人的鞋子走一英里

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