Tag: a weight off your shoulders

  • Have your hands full

    Have your hands full

    Phrase: Have your hands full It’s Saturday! I’m sure you have been looking forward to this day since last Monday. There’s something about weekends that tends to take a weight off our shoulders even if we still have our hands full. I’ve noticed recently that there is always something to do. It’s bad enough that…

  • A weight off your shoulders

    A weight off your shoulders

    Idiom: A weight off your shoulders The weight of responsibility can be a heavy burden to bear, and we all know how good it feels to take a weight off our shoulders. It is not uncommon for leaders to feel like they are the only ones who can do the job. Often this leads them…

  • Get something off your chest

    Get something off your chest

    Idiom: Get something off your chest Movies tend to glorify the strong, silent type of character who never feels the need to get something off their chest. Generally, these types of characters are very good at keeping their problems bottled up inside until they erupt in violent revenge. We’ll have to leave that to the action movies, though,…