shoulders

Synonyms

athlete shoulder roadside berm corbel shoulder joint off-the-shoulder

Phrases with the word

head and shoulders above square one's shoulders stand on someone's shoulders be head and shoulders above round shoulders cold-shoulders

Examples

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. Livy

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. Steve Martin

A child is like an axe; even if it hurts, you still carry them on your shoulders. Finnish Proverb

He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. Italian Proverb

You can't put an old head on young shoulders. Persian Proverb