Idiom
cross to take up
Meaning
Alternative form of cross to bear.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His constant complaining is a heavy cross to take up.”
“She accepted the responsibility of caring for her aging parents as a difficult cross to take up.”
“He viewed his lifelong struggle with chronic illness as a silent, solitary cross to take up, rarely speaking of the burden to those around him.”
Examples
simple
“His constant complaining is a heavy cross to take up.”
contextual
“She accepted the responsibility of caring for her aging parents as a difficult cross to take up.”
complex
“He viewed his lifelong struggle with chronic illness as a silent, solitary cross to take up, rarely speaking of the burden to those around him.”
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