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"If the cap fits, wear it", meaning?

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تاريخ النشر: 2014/06/02
Ahmed Gendy
من قبل Ahmed Gendy , English Senior Inspector , Ministry of Education (MoE)

If you kept your wife waiting for you longer than expected , accept criticism.

In arabic , we say similarly  "As you made yourself a hero , accept the consequences"

Abdelghani Mansouri
من قبل Abdelghani Mansouri , Night Drilling supervisor , sonatrach

If a remark applies to someone, he should accept it and take it as a criticism

Hojat Kermani Nejad
من قبل Hojat Kermani Nejad , English Interpreter /Purchase and Quality control , Water and Waste Company

if the shoe fits (wear it)

amany said
من قبل amany said , مدرسة لغة انجليزية , مدرسة عمر بن الخطاب التجريبية للغات

As my understanding, it implies a situation where someone is doing incorrectly or something about their nature and it's commented/ critised by someone else, and if that person does not accept the true comment but defending himself, he/ she will be said 'if the cap/ shoe/ glove fits, wear it', am i right ?

anayat bukhari
من قبل anayat bukhari , Researcher, English Content Writer, Publisher , Noor Foundation

I think it is an American idiom and is also being used in Australia in a different form," If the shoe fits wear it".

It is used for a situation when someone is blamed or criticised for something, he should accept it if feels guilty.

Example:

I'm not blaming anyone for this blunder but be realistic, and if the cap fits, wear it.

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