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Absent any context, I'd take that to mean that the person in question is (considered) so good that (at least figuratively) they won't even be asked to take off their shoes at the heavenly gates. For example, when *** was speaking to Moses out of the burning bush, He immediately commanded him to take off his sandals because he was standing on holy ground.
- Absent any context, I'd take that to mean that the person in question is (considered) so good that (at least figuratively) they won't even be asked to take off their shoes at the heavenly gates.
- For example, when *** was speaking to Moses out of the burning bush, He immediately commanded him to take off his sandals because he was standing on holy ground.
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Absent any context, I'd take that to mean that the person in question is (considered) so good that (at least figuratively) they won't even be asked to take off their shoes at the heavenly gates. For example, when *** was speaking to Moses out of the burning bush, He immediately commanded him to take off his sandals because he was standing on holy ground.
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According to the link below, it is a literal translation of a Spanish saying that does not mean anything in English. Unfortunately, this explanation is not very clear about the significance of shoes.
https://www.flyingsamaritans.net/web/sams/orange_coun
https://www.flyingsamaritans.net/web/sams/orange_coun
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Well, I guess I wasn't that far off. I didn't know it was a Spanish expression.
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Anonymouswhat is the meaing of going to heaven with shoes onIt means you're very good to others, charitable, a saint. As the link above says, it comes from the Spanish irse al cielo con todo y zapatos ('to go to heaven, shoes and all'), meaning you are so good that you make everything about you saintly, even your lowly shoes.
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