English Explanatory Dictionary

if the shoe fits, wear it

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. If a description fits, it is probably the case; if an insult accurately describes you, you must bear it; if you take offence at an insult that was only implicitly directed at you, you admit the insult is true enough to be recognizable.
  2. If it works, there is not a problem using it. Often a response to being judged when using an incorrect tool.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-if the shoe fits, wear it.wav

Word forms

if the shoe fits, wear it

Synonyms

if the cap fits, wear it if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck

Related words

if it works, it works it takes one to know one
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