on one's back

Synonyms

recumbent

Examples

The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back. Dale Carnegie

Wings are freedom only when they are wide open in flight. On one's back they are a heavy weight. Marina Tsvetaeva

The day was made for laziness, and lying on one's back in green places, and staring at the sky till its brightness forced one to shut one's eyes and go to sleep . . . Charles Dickens

It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the wood on one's back. Spanish Proverb

Words in the phrase

on one s back

Close letter words and terms

on one hand on one occasion on one side on one's best behavior on one's bones on one's conscience