Idiom
broad shoulders
Meaning
the ability to take criticism, or accept responsibility.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She has broad shoulders and never takes complaints personally.”
“As a manager, you need broad shoulders because people will blame you when things go wrong.”
“The mayor, whose broad shoulders had carried the weight of the scandal without complaint, finally addressed the crowd to accept full responsibility.”
Examples
simple
“She has broad shoulders and never takes complaints personally.”
contextual
“As a manager, you need broad shoulders because people will blame you when things go wrong.”
complex
“The mayor, whose broad shoulders had carried the weight of the scandal without complaint, finally addressed the crowd to accept full responsibility.”
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