Stress and pressure · Feelings and energy
lighten the load
reduce someone's burden
To reduce the amount of work or worry someone has to deal with.
This vs that
I can help lighten your load.
I need to take the pressure off.
Hear it in real life
You look exhausted.
Could you deal with the phone calls? It would really lighten the load.
I can take the children for the afternoon if you want to lighten your load.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
This idiom is a warm, natural way to offer help with someone's burdens.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I want to make lighter your load.
Say: I want to lighten your load.
Use the verb 'lighten' before the possessive noun phrase.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
lighten someone's load
Hiring a cleaner once a week would really lighten her load.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about stress and pressure.
I've got too much on
I've got too much on this week.
I'm struggling to keep up
I'm struggling to keep up with all these emails.
Stress and pressure words
Feelings and energy · Stress and pressure: the words around “lighten the load”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
Let me help lighten the load.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
lighten the load
reduce someone's burden
“I can take the children for the afternoon if you want to lighten your load.”
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