Emotions & feelings
take a weight off someone's shoulders
make someone feel relieved
To make someone feel less worried by ending or sharing a difficult problem.
Hear it in real life
You look happier today.
I told my parents the truth, and it took a weight off my shoulders.
Getting the difficult conversation over with took a weight off my shoulders.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It took a weight out of my shoulders.
Say: It took a weight off my shoulders.
This idiom uses the preposition "off," not "out of."
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How it fits in a sentence.
take a weight off my shoulders; take a weight off her shoulders
Your turn: say it out loud
Getting the difficult conversation over with took a weight off my shoulders.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
take a weight off someone's shoulders
make someone feel relieved
“Getting the difficult conversation over with took a weight off my shoulders.”
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