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shoulder noun in betting, odds of 7–4. From the TICK-TACK signal used by bookmakers UK, 1991
idiomshouldersb is looking over his/her shoulderused in order to say that someone is very worried or being very careful because they expect that something dangerous or unpleasant may happen to them:Many employees are looking over their shoulder, wondering if they will be the next to lose their job.Despite its dominance in the luxury car market, Mercedes has admitted to looking over its shoulder at the growing Japanese industry.sb is looking over your shoulderused in order to say that someone is checking and judging what you are doing, because they do not trust you to do it properly or well:Even if I get this promotion, I'll still have my old boss looking over my shoulder.With cameras filming every play of the game, the referees are nervous. It's not easy to do your job with technology looking over your shoulder.put your shoulder to the wheel BrEBrEold-fashioned to start to work with great effort and determination:You're an intelligent young man, and I know you can get a good degree if you will only put your shoulder to the wheel.a shoulder to cry onused about someone whom you can tell about your problems and ask for sympathy and advice:My office is at the end of the corridor - come and see me if you need a shoulder to cry on.The organization provides support and a valuable shoulder to cry on for families who have lost a parent.cry on sb's shoulder: All three of the boys would stop over and cry on my dad's shoulder, mostly complaining about how strict their dad was.shoulder to shoulder1 if people are standing shoulder to shoulder, they are close together:The men stood shoulder to shoulder on the grass, listening to the captain's speech.About thirty students stood shoulder to shoulder in a low-ceilinged classroom watching the fuzzy images on a black-and-white TV.2 used in order to say that people are working together in an attempt to achieve something or defend something:We remembered the days when we had fought shoulder to shoulder against the invaders."All are agreed," said the Canadian Prime Minister, "we stand shoulder to shoulder with Britain in this quarrel."straight from the shoulder BrEBrEif you tell someone something straight from the shoulder, you talk in a direct and truthful way, though you may have to say something unpleasant:Bonar Law gave his followers an analysis of the situation straight from the shoulder, with no false optimism about their immediate prospects.I'd like to hear your impressions of the town and its leading citizens - straight from the shoulder - so tell me exactly what you think.Note This is an idiom from boxing (=fighting by hitting with your hands). When your hand comes straight from the shoulder, you hit your opponent very hard.
See:- a chip on (one's) shoulder
- a chip on your shoulder
- a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
- a shoulder to cry on
- act shoulder to shoulder
- an old head on young shoulders
- be a weight off (one's) shoulders
- be a weight off your shoulders
- be looking over (one's) shoulder
- be looking over your shoulder
- be on (one's) shoulder
- be on someone's shoulder
- be shoulder to shoulder
- be, stand, act, etc. shoulder to shoulder
- broad shoulders
- broad shoulders, have
- carry the weight of the world on (one's) shoulders
- carry the weight of the world on shoulders
- carry the weight of the world on your shoulders
- chip on one's shoulder
- chip on one's shoulder, to have a
- chip on shoulder
- cold shoulder
- cold shoulder, to give/show the
- cold-shoulder
- cry on (one's) shoulder
- cry on (someone's) shoulder
- cry on shoulder
- cry on someone's shoulder
- fall (squarely) on (someone's) shoulders
- get the cold shoulder
- give (one) the cold shoulder
- give somebody/get the cold shoulder
- give someone the cold shoulder
- good head on one's shoulders, have a
- good head on one's shoulders, to have a
- have (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- have a chip on (one's) shoulder
- have a chip on your shoulder
- have a good head on (one's) shoulders
- have a good head on shoulders
- have a good head on your shoulders
- have broad shoulders
- have shoulder to the wheel
- have the cares of the world on (one's) shoulders
- have the weight of the world on (one's) shoulders
- head and shoulders above
- head and shoulders above (someone or something)
- head and shoulders above somebody/something
- head and shoulders above someone/something
- head and shoulders above, to be
- hunch (one's)/the shoulders up
- hunch up (one's)/the shoulders
- keep (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- look over (one's) shoulder
- look over your shoulder
- looking over shoulder
- on (one's) shoulders
- on one's shoulders
- on shoulders
- on somebody's shoulders
- put (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put shoulder to the wheel
- put your shoulder to the wheel
- rest (squarely) on (someone's) shoulders
- rub elbows
- rub elbows with
- rub elbows with (someone)
- rub shoulders
- rub shoulders with (someone)
- rub shoulders with someone
- set (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- shoulder to cry on
- shoulder to shoulder
- shoulder to the wheel, to put/set one's
- shrug (one's) shoulders
- shrug one's shoulders
- square (one's) shoulders
- square one's shoulders
- stand head and shoulders above
- stand head and shoulders above (someone or something)
- stand on (someone's) shoulders
- stand on someone's shoulders
- stand on the shoulders of giants
- stand shoulder to shoulder
- straight from the shoulder
- the cold shoulder
- tower head and shoulders above
- you can't put a wise head on young shoulders
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
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