A chip on the shoulder indicates wood higher up.
A dog's shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running.
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the farther of the two.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
America I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel.
As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.
Asking private companies to shoulder all of the current debt involves a very heavy burden on their creditworthiness.
But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody.
Camels are 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) at shoulder level and 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) at the hump.
Counsel is as welcome to him as a shoulder of mutton to a sick horse.
Death carries on its shoulders a heavy tsar just as easily as a light beggar.
From the midsection to the shoulders - she's a 10, the face is a solid 8. And the legs are maybe a bit less than that.
He that you seat upon your shoulder will often try to get upon your head.
He who rides on the giant's shoulders sees further than he who carries him.
I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.
It's my honor to shoulder the responsibility of leading the political bureau of this large movement of holy resistance.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Sometimes I could do with a shoulder to cry on, someone to come home and talk to.
I have to be a leader now. I need to shoulder responsibility more than I used to. It's changed me, but I'm OK with that.
One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.
To develop strong shoulders carry the responsibilities of the under privilege and mickeymize your life.
I have had shoulder injuries in the past, but usually it's from training.
I tore ligaments in my shoulder completely off the bone.
The weight of the world on my shoulders was something that I had to let go.
I stand on the shoulders of giants.
We will stand shoulder to shoulder with you in this fight against terrorism - for as long as it takes.
