Idiom
if the shoe fits, wear it
Meaning
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.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If the shoe fits, wear it.”
“He complained that the boss was being lazy, so when his colleague told him he was the lazy one, he said, if the shoe fits, wear it.”
“She did not name him directly, but when he took offense at her critique of dishonest people, she simply replied that if the shoe fits, wear it.”
Examples
simple
“If the shoe fits, wear it.”
contextual
“He complained that the boss was being lazy, so when his colleague told him he was the lazy one, he said, if the shoe fits, wear it.”
complex
“She did not name him directly, but when he took offense at her critique of dishonest people, she simply replied that if the shoe fits, wear it.”
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