straight from shoulder
直截了当
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Definitions
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- : the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- : Usually shoulders . these two parts together with the part of the back joining them.
- : a corresponding part in animals.
- : the upper foreleg and adjoining parts of a sheep, goat, etc.
- : the joint connecting the arm or the foreleg with the trunk.
- : a shoulderlike part or projection.
- : Ornithology. the bend of a bird's wing, between the hand and the forearm, especially when distinctively colored, as in the red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus.
- : a cut of meat that includes the upper joint of the foreleg.
- : Often shoulders .Informal. capacity for bearing responsibility or blame or sympathizing with other people: If you want to tell me your troubles, I have broad shoulders.
- : a steplike change in the contour of an object, as for opposing or limiting motion along it or for an abutment.
- : Carpentry. the end surface or surfaces of a piece from which a tenon or tenons project.an inclined and raised surface, as on a joggle post, for receiving and supporting the foot of a strut or the like.
Phrases
- shoulder to shoulder
- broad shoulders
- chip on one's shoulder
- cold shoulder
- cry on someone's shoulder
- good head on one's shoulders
- head and shoulders above
- on one's shoulders
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- rub elbows (shoulders) with
- shrug one's shoulders
- square one's shoulders
- straight from the shoulder
- weight of the world on one's shoulders
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Anatoliy slapped me on the shoulder and told me he knew it all along—all I had needed to do was change my attitude.
Leashes that attach at the back of a dog’s shoulders only reinforce pulling, Perry says.
My shoulders, which have irked me for months, have ceased to do so.
They didn’t stand shoulder to shoulder but had separate sandboxes set up.
Todays’ POS systems offer in-built SEO tools in your point of sale system taking much of the burden off your shoulders.
So I just patted him kind-like on the shoulder and sat down.
But Liberty is always dipping his shoulder, whirling around.
“I only touched his shoulder,” the pastor told sheriffs, according to the police report.
Her mother, pregnant at the time of the killing, was hit in the shoulder by a bullet from the same gun that killed her son.
According to Ibrahim, the police officers grabbed him by the shoulder and struck him in the face.
She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
I only saw the glitter of a bayonet which a Mexican thrust into his shoulder, at the very moment he was helping me up.
For a moment Joe stood behind her, silently, looking over her shoulder at the signature of Isom Chase.
Uncle David nodded, and waved his hand, as on entering the door he gave them a farewell smile over his shoulder.
Rising at once he bundled up his traps, threw the line of his small hand-sledge over his shoulder, and stepped out for home.