Put (oneself) in (someone's) shoes verb phrase
To try to imagine how would you feel if you were in someone's else situation
When putting ourselves in others' shoes, we can easily forgive their mistakes.
When putting myself in his shoes, I can partly understand why he did it.
Stop judging him! Why don't you put yourself in his shoes?
To understand easily what someone is thinking or feeling
Be intensely scared or frightened
The verb "put" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!