pair of shoes | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,dated)Acaseorsituationthat isdifferentfrom another.Synonyms:kettle of fish,ball game1860December –1861August,Charles Dickens, chapter I, inGreat Expectations[…], volume III, London:Chapman and Hall,[…], published October 1861,→OCLC,page11:“Shall colonists have their horses (and blood ’uns, if you please, good Lord!) and not my London gentleman? No, no. We’ll show ’em anotherpair of shoesthan that, Pip; won’t us?”1876,Robert Edward Francillon, “A Dog and His Shadow, Book II, Chapter XIX”, inThe Gentleman’s Magazine, volume16,page624:“He’s all there, if that’ll ease their mind. But where he is—that’s anotherpair of shoes.”1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney,October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1,page121:Eckhardt was a very differentpair of shoesfrom Gaál.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seepair,‎shoes.

Examples:

EN: I was trying out a pair of shoes on a child.
ES: Le estaba probando un par de zapatos a un niño.
EN: "No wonder you've never got a decent pair of shoes to your feet!
ES: "¡No me extraña que nunca lleves unos zapatos decentes!"
EN: Baby, you can get the swellest pair of shoes in the world there... for two dollars.
ES: Muñeca, puedes comprar ahí el par de zapatos más sensacional del mundo... por dos dólares.
EN: Hey, I got pair of shoes.
ES: Tengo unos zapatos para las caídas.
EN: Darling, you already owe me a new pair of shoes.
ES: Ya me debes unos zapatos.
EN: Thanks a million.... List of stolen objects, 1 fur jacket, 2 evening dresses, 1 tea dress, 1 complete sports dress, 2 Pyjama, 3 pair of shoes, 8 pair of stockings, 2 hats, 2 hand bags, 3 rings.... ....cash 2000 shillings!
ES: Mil gracias... ta de los objetos robados
EN: Honest, Judge.' 'I was breakin' in a pair of shoes.'
ES: Palabra, Juez, solo estaba paseando, estrenando un par de zapatos nuevos.
EN: Just think, from now on when I get a new pair of shoes, I'll only have to break in one of them.
ES: Dices que ahora, cuando tenga zapatos nuevos, ¡uno me sobrará!
EN: You probably heard .. that Tom Hartland sold somebody a pair of shoes.
ES: Tom Hartland ha vendido un par de zapatos.
EN: Enough to buy me a new pair of shoes.
ES: Me compraré unos zapatos.
EN: Just thinking about that new pair of shoes that I'm not going to get.
ES: Solo pensando en ese nuevo par de zapatos - que no voy a conseguir.
EN: The feel of the sea when you swim, the taste and strength of wine... the loveliness of women, the splendid, unspeakable joy of killing Arabs... the smell of incense and bacon, the weight of a fist... an old pair of shoes, toothache, triumph...
ES: En la sensación del mar cuando nadas, en el sabor y la fuerza del vino... en el encanto de las mujeres, en la gran satisfacción de matar árabes... en el olor del incienso y del bacon, en el peso de un puño... en un par de zapatos viejos, en el dolor de muelas, en el éxito...
EN: Looks like baby's all set for a new pair of shoes.
ES: Parece que vamos a hacer una fortuna. Bueno, antes de que empieces a juntar el dinero, debes pagarme. ¿Sí?
EN: Well, as far as I'm concerned, if you've got an old pair of shoes or...
ES: Por mí, si tienen un par de zapatos viejos o...
EN: Well, Doc, if a had some clothes and a pair of shoes, I'd be all set.
ES: Bueno, reverendo, si tuviera algo de ropa y un par de zapatos, estaría listo.

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