it is a metaphor, much like 'alot on your plate', meaning you have alot of things going on at the moment.
also bearing the burden of guilt or responsibility for one's actions (synonymous with 'blood on your head').
" He lifted the lever until the full load was borne on his shoulders".
The movement type when the shoulders bring the weight back down during a shoulder push press is called "eccentric" contraction. In this phase, the muscles lengthen while controlling the descent of the weight, which helps stabilize the shoulder joint and prepares the muscles for the next repetition. This controlled lowering is crucial for muscle development and injury prevention.
Of course not. Your physique is determined by your DNA. Nothing can change how wide your shoulders are. The only thing that would change the appearance of your shoulders is shoulder and upper body weight training/plyometrics, and that would make your shoulders appear larger and leaner.
No. The hips are inferior to the shoulders, or caudal to the shoulders.
No. It is above the shoulders. Feel it and you will see that is is superior.
To have the weight of the world on your shoulders means that your commitments have you under pressure. This expression comes from the Ancient Greek Titan Atlas, who was forced to literally carry the world on his shoulders.
It means you feel like you are overwhelmed with problems of all kinds, "carrying the weight of the world on one's shoulders".
'fair shoulders' if used in the context to describe a person, means pale-skinned shoulders
Atlas was the god who had the job of carrying the world on his shoulders. So this person would have the weight of the whole world on their shoulders, so to speak.
The Greek God and Titan Atlas was required to bear the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Atlas, the character in classical mythology who carried the world on his shoulders.
The Titan Atlas.
Your responsibilities, having commitments and more are so great that it feels like you have the world on your shoulders. The god in this is the god Atlas. Atlas carries the world on his shoulders.
That means whatever the issue\problem is, its your responsibility. As in Atlas the guy with the world on his shoulders... the problem is on your shoulders.
" He lifted the lever until the full load was borne on his shoulders".
Think about this for a minute and you can figure it out. If someone looks as if they are carrying the weight of the world, they don't look happy, do they? Nobody would want to carry that much weight around! This is someone who is worried and miserable and taking responsibility for things that are not really their fault.
The cast of The Weight on My Shoulders - 2013 includes: George Xander as Tim Brandon