STEP BY STEP 英語表現1225

fill someone’s shoes

（人）の代役を十分に果たす、前任者が築いたレベルに達する、後がまに座る、後任となる、（人）に代わる、遜色がない

Chandler: Well, Kathy’s last girlfriend was Joey.
Ross: And you’re afraid you won’t be able to fill his shoes. [grins]
Chandler: No, I’m afraid I won’t be able to make love as well as him.
Ross: [stops grinning] Yeah, I was going for the metaphor.
Chandler: Yes and I was saying the actual words.

– “FRIENDS” Season 4 Episode 11

Monica: Who are they killing off?
Joey: Uh Cecilia Monroe, she plays Jessica Lockhart.
Rachel and Monica: Noo!!
Monica: She’s my favorite character on DOOL.
Joey: Nice.
Rachel: She is so good at throwing drinks in people’s faces, I mean I don’t think I’ve ever seen her finish a beverage.
Monica: And the way she slaps all the time!
Rachel: Oh!
Monica: Wouldn’t you love to do it just once?! (Raises her hand towards Chandler.)
Chandler: Don’t do it.
Rachel: Cecilia Monroe man, what a great actress.
Joey: Oh, tell me about it. And she’s been on the show forever, it’s gonna be really hard to fill her shoes.
Ross: Yeah-yeah, help me out here, when you come out of the “brain transplant,” you are going to be her?
Joey: Yes, but in Drake Remoray’s body. (Ross laughs unbelievably.) Why is this so hard for you to get? I thought you were a scientist!

– “FRIENDS” Season 7 Episode 15