поставь себя на чьё-либо место(Just put yourselves in the shoes of that woman who watched her beloved puppy be torn to shreds by that pitbull – and think about how you would feel to have your face bitten off like that little boy had last month!ART Vancouver)
не лаптем щи хлебать("Мы ведь там у себя (в провинции) тоже не лаптем щи хлебаем. Кое-что сами соображаем" – "You know, even out in the provinces we're not just out of the trees... We're capable of understanding things for ourselves" Taras)