Meanings
- idiomaticIn 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 Guardian1 more example
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 from any number of dramas about steamy but doomed romances.
2022 September 6, Angie Han, “‘Tell Me Lies’ Review: Hulu’s Bad Romance Is Very Good”, in The Hollywood ReporterSynonyms: in the same boat
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseIn the same situation; having the same problems.
Cite this entry
in the same shoes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20same%20shoes
“in the same shoes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20same%20shoes. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the same shoes,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20same%20shoes.
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