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В ШКУРЕ чьей, кого coll PrepP Invar the resulting PrepP is subj-compl with copula (subj: human often used in condit clauses) one is, finds o.s. in another's ( usu. unenviable) position (implying that only a person who has been in that position can understand how bad, difficult etc it is)

in s.o. skin (shoes, place).

«Ты, Лиза, не была в нашей шкуре и не говори» (Распутин 2). "You haven't been in our skins, Liza, so don't you talk about it" (2a).