weigh on Idiom, Proverb
weigh one's words
Idiom(s): weigh one's wordsTheme: MEANING
to consider carefully what someone says.
• I listened to what he said, and I weighed his words very carefully.
• Everyone was weighing his words. None of us knew exactly what he meant.
weigh on one's mind
Idiom(s): weigh on one's mindTheme: WORRY
[for something] to be in a person's thoughts; [for something] to be bothering someone's thinking.
• This problem has been weighing on my mind for many days now.
• I hate to have things weighing on my mind. I can't sleep when I'm worried.
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v. 1. To be a weight or pressure on; be heavy on. The pack weighed heavily on the soldier's back. 2. To make sad or worried; trouble; disturb; upset. Sadness weighed on Mary's heart when her kitten died. John's wrongdoing weighed upon his conscience. The teacher's advice weighed upon Tom's mind. 3. To be a burden to. His guilt weighed heavily upon him.weigh one's words|weigh|word|words
v. phr. To choose your words carefully; be careful to use the right words. When a teacher explains about religion, he must weigh his words because his pupils may be of several different faiths. When old Mr. Jones talked to the students about becoming teachers, he spoke slowly, weighing his words. In a debate, a political candidate has little time to weigh his words, and may say something foolish.weigh on
weigh onAlso, weigh upon. Depress, as in His criticism weighed on her, or The long silence began to weigh upon us. This idiom was first recorded in 1775.
weigh on (someone or something)
1. Of an added weight, to burden, immobilize, or angle article or something. The collapsed timberline charge accept advised on the added to the point that both fell. I'm aloof afraid about all the snow belief on the roof. My haversack advised on me heavily as I trudged through the hallways.2. By extension, to be a accountability or impediment to addition or something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "weigh" and "on." It feels acceptable to assuredly get that off my chest. The answerability has advised on me for years. All the added orders accept been belief on the assembly band a bit, but hopefully we'll be able to get aback to accustomed operations afterwards the holidays.Learn more: on, weighweigh (up)on someone
Fig. to accountability or anguish someone. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) The problems at the appointment were alpha to counterbalance aloft Mr. Franklin. My problems began to counterbalance on me.Learn more: on, weighweigh on
Also, weigh upon. Depress, as in His criticism advised on her, or The continued blackout began to counterbalance aloft us. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1775. Learn more: on, weighweigh on
or weigh uponv.1. To account to bore or angle heavily by or as if by added weight: The bad account advised on the prices of oil stocks. A blanket of ice advised aloft the attenuate branches.
2. To captivate addition with a activity of answerability or blame: The after-effects of their aberration advised on them. Heavy answerability advised aloft the thief. Learn more: on, weigh
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