He has sat in his shoes

Ari Melber from MSNBC was interviewing former federal prosecutor Renato Marriotti about Jack Smith. Melber, referring to Marriotti, having been in the same role as Smith, said that Marriotti has “sat in his shoes”. This is a congruent conflation of “stand/walk in (someone’s) shoes” and “sit in someone else’s chair”, both meaning to see or understand things from someone else’s perspective. This one reminds me of the 2017 Malaphor of the Year, “welcome to my shoes”. https://malaphors.com/2017/01/02/welcome-to-my-shoes/ Another tip of the hat to Mike Kovacs for hearing this one and sending it in.