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| All feet tread not in one shoe. | 1 |
| Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot. | 2 |
| Every shoe fits not every foot. | 3 |
| Dr. Luther’s shoes will not fit every village priest. German. | 4 |
| Fit the foot to the shoe, not the shoe to the foot. (Applied to those acting absurdly.) Portuguese. | 5 |
| He has found a last for his shoe. | 6 |
| His shoes are made of running leather. | 7 |
| If your shoe pinches you, give it your man. | 8 |
| No one knows better where the shoe pinches than he who wears it. Italian, German. | 9 |
| None know where the shoe pinches but he that wears it. (Exclamation of the Roman noble who had just put away his wife.) | 10 |
| Not every wood will make wooden shoes. Danish. | 11 |
| One cannot make all shoes over the same last. | 12 |
| One must make the shoe according to the foot. German. | 13 |
| One shoe will not fit every foot. German. | 14 |
| Over shoes, over boots. | 15 |
| Shoes made by the elder brother’s wife are a pattern for the younger brother’s wife to copy. Chinese. | 16 |
| The fairest looking shoe may pinch the foot. | 17 |
| The finest shoe often hurts the foot. | 18 |
| The same shoe does not fit every foot. Italian. | 19 |
| There never was a shoe however handsome that did not become an ugly slipper. Italian. | 20 |
| To cast an old shoe after one. (This is done to bring good luck.) | 21 |
| To him who hath a shoe under his foot it is the same as if the world was covered with leather. | 22 |
| Two feet in one shoe. Turkish. | 23 |
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