be a weight off (one's) shoulders



be a weight off (one's) shoulders

To be a relief after having shared what one is thinking or feeling with others, or upon no longer having a particular problem. I finally completed my tax return for this year. That's a weight off my shoulders! Talking over my problem with my close friend was a weight off my shoulders.
See also: off, shoulder, weight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Agurne-Basque
Hayder-Arabic
Zuzana-Czech, Slovak
Sebastianze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish), SE-bahs-tee-ahn (Finnish)German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
Mahesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
RobRAHB (English), RAWB (Dutch)English, Dutch