one 's boots leaked dreadfully and in both of them there were big holes at the heels
It's an idiom, which means the shoe is broken and the heel is exposed. It's very poor. It's from Chuang Tzu rang Wang.
Source: Zhuangzi let the king: "catch the flap and elbow see, take shoes and heel decision." Shao Changheng's biography of the Eight Immortals: "the heel of the shoe is decisive, and the sleeve is carefree." example: so when you're grinding and sucking your pen and saying "~", your feet may have early menstruation. Lu Xun's Huagai collection after "hitting the wall"
one 's boots leaked dreadfully and in both of them there were big holes at the heels
when one chu man loses his bow , another chu man finds it - chǔ gōng chǔ dé
an official who doesn 't expect to remain long in office - wǔ rì jīng zhào
Sleeping in the rain and eating in the wind - yǔ wò fēng cān
callosities found both on one 's hands and feet -- have been working hard - shǒu pián zú zhī