All Slavic languages: I wouldn't like to be in his shoes.

[Encolpius]

Hello, what word for shoes do you use in your language? Skin? Place? Thanks.

Czech: Nechtěl bych být v jeho kůži. (I think it is from German << nicht in seiner Haut stecken)

 

[cHr0mChIk]

In Serbian we use both skin and shoes (koža / cipele).

 

[Enquiring Mind]

Slovak:

Aktívne počúvanie je spôsob počúvania charakteristický týmito prejavmi: (...)
• počúvajúci myslí na to, o čom hovorí rozprávajúci a snaží sa tomu rozumieť, ako keby bol v jeho koži. (oskole.sk);
Poviem vám, nechcela by som byť v jeho koži. (mojakomunita.sk)

 

[Saley]

In Russian both ‘place’ and ‘skin’ are used:

• Я бы не хотел оказаться на его месте.
• Я бы не хотел побывать в его шкуре.

In other contexts the word шкура usually refers to animal skin (pelt), while the ordinary word for human skin is кожа.

 

[jasio]

In Polish all variants are possible, at least regionally:

• Nie chciałbym być / znaleźć się w jego skórze (skin)
  
• Nie chciałbym być / znaleźć się w jego położeniu (place / state)
  
• Nie chciałbym być / znaleźć się na jego miejscu (place)
  
• Nie chciałbym być w jego butach (shoes)

There are some nuances between them, for example "skóra" (skin) is used primarily in case of really painful or unpleasant situations. Interestingly, albeit I have an impression that "buty" are the rarest in this context and to me using them sounds a bit exotic (though understandable), they are used in another idiom of an oposite direction: "spróbuj wejść w jego buty" ("try to walk in his shoes"), ie. try to (really) understand someone's situation and reasoning, think, what you would do being him.

 

[cHr0mChIk]

I just realized I haven't given sentences for SR/CRO:

Ne bih hteo/htio biti (or "naći se") na njegovom mestu/položaju. (place)
Ne bih hteo/htio biti (-||-) u njegovoj koži. (skin)
Ne bih hteo/htio biti (-||-) u njegovim cipelama. (shoes)

 

[Jason_2_toi]

This is what Google Translate returned for Bulgarian


Не искам да съм в кожата му

Can anyone please confirm?

 

[tyhryk]

Ukrainian versions: 1) Я б не хотів/хотіла опинитись на його місці. 2) Я б не хотів/хотіла побувати в його шкірі.

 

[Dancequeen]

This is what Google Translate returned for Bulgarian


Не искам да съм в кожата му

Can anyone please confirm?

We simply say "Не искам да съм на негово място"