if the shoe fits, wear it

Meaning

Phrase

• If a description fits, it is probably the case; if an insult accurately describes you, you must bear it; if you take offence at an insult that was only implicitly directed at you, you admit the insult is true enough to be recognizable.

Related

Similar words

• if the cap fits, wear it
• if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck