To be in one's little shoes
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:29 am
Hello, dear friends! Welcome to this new episode of the Authentic French podcast. And today, we are going to study together a French idiomatic expression, "être dans les petits souliers de". I repeat, "être dans les petits souliers de". This is perhaps an expression that you have already heard or read because it is used by French speakers.
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Now let's move on to the content of this episode. So we have the expression "être dans les petits chaussures de". Let's see the meaning of the words that make up this expression.
So we have the verb "to be" to start with. Of course, the meaning of the verb "to be" depends on the context obviously, but most of the time it means to exist or have a reality, to exist, to have a reality, to be in a place etc.
"Small", I think it's very well known to you, it means of small dimension, of a low height. It's the opposite of large.
The word that may be new to you is the word "souliers", which is a plural word. A shoe is a shoe that protects the foot up to the ankle thanks to a solid and rigid structure. Today, it is a way of saying shoe but a slightly old-fashioned way. If we say "mets tes souliers", it means "put on your shoes", but it still has a slightly old-fashioned connotation. We rarely use this word today except of course in idiomatic expressions like this one, like "être dans les petits souliers de".
Before we get to the content, let me remind you, since there are only two days left, that you can get any Authentic French course with a very nice discount. There are two days left, as I said, before the end of the summer promotions. So there are summer promotions on all Authentic French courses.
This does not take into account the academy because the academy is not open, registrations are closed, but in any case all the courses including the latest Authentic French courses, "Authentic Fluidity" for example, in which Valentine and I help you to speak fluently by asking you questions, we make you work on your fluency, your repartee, or even "30 days to boost your French", a course in which I hold your hand and I offer you a lesson per day with a very precise, very guided program.
So these are the last two courses of switzerland whatsapp number data Authentic French, but this offer on the summer promotions is valid on any Authentic French course. It's summer and it's time for you, well maybe to expand your collection or get some content to go faster, further, during your vacation.
Now let's move on to the content of this episode. So we have the expression "être dans les petits chaussures de". Let's see the meaning of the words that make up this expression.
So we have the verb "to be" to start with. Of course, the meaning of the verb "to be" depends on the context obviously, but most of the time it means to exist or have a reality, to exist, to have a reality, to be in a place etc.
"Small", I think it's very well known to you, it means of small dimension, of a low height. It's the opposite of large.
The word that may be new to you is the word "souliers", which is a plural word. A shoe is a shoe that protects the foot up to the ankle thanks to a solid and rigid structure. Today, it is a way of saying shoe but a slightly old-fashioned way. If we say "mets tes souliers", it means "put on your shoes", but it still has a slightly old-fashioned connotation. We rarely use this word today except of course in idiomatic expressions like this one, like "être dans les petits souliers de".