on shoulders



*on someone's shoulders

Fig. on someone's own self. (*Typically: be ~; carry something ~; fall ~; have something ~; leave something ~; put something ~.) Why should all the responsibility fall on my shoulders? She carries a tremendous amount of responsibility on her shoulders.
See also: on, shoulder

on somebody's shoulders

also on the shoulders of somebody
as a personal responsibility for someone A district attorney has an awful burden on his shoulders. The success or failure of the entire peace agreement will rest on the shoulders of the peace keepers.
See also: on, shoulder

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Amyas-English (Rare)
Waller['wɔlə]
Roar-Norwegian
PaulaPOW-lah (German, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Croatian), PAWL-ə (English), POW-lə (Portuguese), PAW-oo-law (Hungarian)German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish,
Karpos-Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
RobinRAH-bin (English)English, Dutch, Swedish