Idioms 英语习语 13 | Idioms from Clothes
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In the Boss's Shoes
Some people get angry easily. You have to be careful and handle them with kid gloves. My boss is always angry. He's always hot under the collar about something. If sales are bad, he gets very nervous. He's afraid that he's going to lose everything. He thinks he's about to lose his shirt. But the business never makes very much money. We always run on a shoestring. In business, you have to be calm and keep your temper. You have to keep your shirt on. Our business might be better if my boss could stay calm. Still, I prefer to be me than to have my boss's job. I don't want to be in his shoes. He's under too much pressure.
Definitions 习语注解和例句
1. to handle someone with kid gloves
-to be very polite or kind to someone because you do not want to make them angry and upset 极有礼貌地对待（某人）；小心应付（某人）
The president has a difficult personality, and she gets angry easily. You have to handle her with kid gloves.
2. hot under the collar
-Embarrassed or angry about something 困窘的；发怒的
Mike had an important meeting in another city. He got hot under the collar because the plane was late taking off.
3. on a shoestring
-If you do something on a shoestring, you doit with a very small amount of money. 以极少量资金
Alice started a business although she didn't have very much money. She’s running it on a shoestring.
4. to keep one's shirt on
-said to tell someone to stop being so angry or upset 别生气
I'll finish using the computer in a minute. Just keep your shirt on, and you’ll get your turn.
5. to be in someone else's shoes
-imaging oneself in the situation or circumstances of another person so as to understand or empathize with their perspective, opinion, or point of view 在另一个人的条件或情况下想象自己，以便对他们的观点、意见、主张理解或产生共鸣
I wouldn't like to be in Leroy's shoes when Dad comes home and sees that broken window.
More to Note
1. dressed to kill
-intentionally wearing clothes that attract sexual attention and admiration 穿着性感的；穿着显眼的
Blodwyn went to the party dressed to kill in his new black suit, silk shirt, and red tie.
2. a feather in one's cap
-an achievement to be proud of 可引以为豪的成就
Passing the driver's test on the first try was a real feather in my cap.
3. to keep something under one's hat
-keep something a secret 保守秘密
I'm getting married, but keep it under your hat. I don't want anyone to know yet.
4. a stuffed shirt
-Someone who behaves in a very formal and old-fashioned way and think that they are very important 一本正经的人；古板的人；妄自尊大的人
Higgins is such a stuffed shirt. He always wears a tie, and he even eats chicken with a knife and fork.
5. tied to someone's apron string
-If you say that someone, especially a man, is tied to his mother's/ wife's apron strings, it means that he is strongly influenced and controlled by that person 受某人的管束
Basil never does anything unless his mother says it's okay. He’s tied to her apron strings.
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