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7even · « **on:** September 12, 2003, 04:55:30 PM »

Eminem on "Renagade"

cause see they call me a menace, and if the shoe fits I wear it

my question is, if it's a methaphor made more or less by eminem or if it's a well known phrase in english language...

Don Seer · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2003, 05:05:06 PM »

its an interpolation maybe?

mrtonguetwista · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2003, 05:08:58 PM »

Naw.....we say it here in the states...If what Im saying pertains to you so be it=if the shoe fits wear it.

JTSimon · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2003, 05:11:10 PM »

Quote from: 7even[pG] on September 12, 2003, 04:55:30 PM

Eminem on "Renagade"

cause see they call me a menace, and if the shoe fits I wear it

my question is, if it's a methaphor made more or less by eminem or if it's a well known phrase in english language...

It a well known phrase in America.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.

If the shoe fits, wear it

If something belongs or pertains to you, accept it. This proverb first appeared as "if the cap fits," which may have referred to a fool's cap. The later version has become more common and is associated with the glass slipper in the fairy tale, "Cinderella."

http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/iftheshoefit.html

All you had to do is search it on google