"Tell me that when you're standing in my shoes."
By literally standing in the actors' shoes, I really get a feeling for what they're going through.
Ah, but that is because you are not standing in my shoes.
No one else should pretend to stand in a parent's shoes and presume to make that decision/best guess/bet for them.
Anyone who thought the job of a starship captain was wonderful should stand in his shoes at a moment like this.
Anyway, it was not too long ago that I stood in your shoes, old friend.
One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.
It was as if, in the space of only a few seconds, a different man stood in Garrison's shoes.
The saying "do not judge your friend until you have stood in his shoes" comes to mind.
Standing in his shoes suddenly put all he had done in a different perspective.