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Aussiesalute Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

American phrase

You wouldn't want to take off your shoes here.
What does it mean?
  

Top answer

It's a colorful way of saying that there is some reason not to take of one's shoes.. eg The place may be extremely dirty. eg The floor may be covered with broken glass.

— Clive

  • It's a colorful way of saying that there is some reason not to take of one's shoes..
  • eg The place may be extremely dirty.
  • eg The floor may be covered with broken glass.
  • Think of the sentence this way.
  • [ If you were here, ] you wouldn't want to take off your shoes here .
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It's a colorful way of saying that there is some reason not to take of one's shoes..
eg The place may be extremely dirty.
eg The floor may be covered with broken glass.

Think of the sentence this way.
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The meaning would depend on the context in which this appears. What give me pause is the fact that taking off one's shoes is generally regarded as a Japanese custom, which has caught on in some sectors of the US. So this might have meaning other than that the floor is inhospitable to shoeless feet.
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aussiesalute You wouldn't want to take off your shoes here.What does it mean?
The floor is dirty.

CJ
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