STEP INTO SOMEONE’S SHOES / FILL SOMEONE’S SHOES:

 

STEP INTO SOMEONE’S  SHOES (or)

FILL SOMEONE’S SHOES:

 

Meaning:

 

If you STEP INTO SOMEONE’S SHOES, you take over their job or position.

 

If you FILL SOMEONE’S SHOES, you do their job or hold their position.

 

Example sentences:

 

In the U.S.A., if the President resigns or dies in office, the Vice-President automatically steps into his shoes.

 

Now that ‘X’ is gone, the manager wants me to STEP INTO HIS SHOES.

 

It will take a good person to FILL HIS SHOES.

 

QUAKE IN ONE’S SHOES/BOOTS:

 

If you are quaking in your shoes/boots, you feel very nervous and/or afraid. (Also - To tremble with fear - often used sarcastically).

 

Presently our team has such a great strength and reputation that the oppositite team almost QUAKED IN THEIR SHOES/BOOTS when we elegantly stepped into the field for the final match.

 

(தமிழில் – நடுங்கிட்டாங்க இல்ல!)

 

 

SMUDGE YOUR OWN SHOES:

 

If you SMUDGE YOUR OWN SHOES, you damage your own reputation and self-worth while trying to harm others.

 

Example sentence:

 

He dishes the dirt on his buddies and SMUDGES HIS OWN SHOES with admissions of drugs and gambling.

 

Proverb:

 

நெருப்பிலும் பொல்லாச் செருப்பு.

Shoes worse than fire.

 

(R.SAMPATH)

29/9/2020