| 释义 |
on one's shoulders on (one's) shouldersOne's own responsibility or obligation. My siblings' care has been on my shoulders ever since our parents died.See also: on, shoulderon one's shouldersAs one's responsibility, as in The king carries his entire country on his shoulders, or The success of the conference rests on Nancy's shoulders. This metaphoric use of shoulders as the burden-bearing part of the body dates from the late 1300s. See also: on, shoulder |