dead man's shoes

the manager died in the air crash; word spreads that mr. spencer is to fill dead man's shoes.

经理在飞机失事中遇难，有消息说斯潘塞先生将接替他的职位。

The idle young scamp is waiting for dead man's shoes, but his father won't die yet, he is too hale and hearty.

这个年轻的坏蛋游手好闲，正在灯他父亲死去以后继承遗产，不过他的父亲还不会死，而且身体健壮，精神矍铄。

the junior executive was impatient for promotion but knew that he would only get it by stepping into a dead man's shoes.

这位下级行政官员急不可待地想晋升，但他知道只有待某人死后或退休后才能步其后尘，谋取其职。

A freak accident led me to a dead man's shoes.

一次奇怪的事故让我成为了继承人.

too many companies rely on a seniority system that, if not "dead man's shoes" , is certainly "retired person's shoes" ;

太多企业依赖于论资排辈的制度，如果这种制度算不上“人死才让位”，那也肯定是“退休才让位”。