punch (one's) weight イディオム

carry weight

have influence, have power "Nina is a good reference; her name carries a lot of weight."

carry your weight

do your share of the work, do enough work If you carry your weight, you can work here for the summer.

pull your weight

do your job, do your share of the work If we all pull our weight - do our share - we can achieve our goals.

put on weight

gain weight He has put on a lot of weight since he stopped going to the gym.

throw your weight around

use power to scare you, power trip Bud throws his weight around - tells everybody what to do.

have weight with

have effect on对…有影响；对…产生效力
His opinions have great weight with us．他的意见对我们影响很大。

worth its weight in gold

Idiom(s): worth its weight in gold

Theme: VALUE

very valuable.
• This book is worth its weight in gold.
• Oh, Bill. You're wonderful. You're worth your weight in gold.

throw one's weight around

Idiom(s): throw one's weight around

Theme: DOMINATION

to attempt to boss people around; to give orders. (Informal.)
• The district manager came to our office and tried to throw his weight around, but no one paid any attention to him.
• Don't try to throw your weight around in this office. We know who our boss is.

put weight on

Idiom(s): put weight on

Theme: HEALTH

to gain weight; to grow fat.
• I have to go on a diet because I've been putting on a little weight lately.
• The doctor says I need to put on some weight.

carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders

Idiom(s): carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders

Theme: BURDEN

to appear to be burdened by all the problems in the whole world.
• Look at Tom. He appears to be carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
• Cheer up, Tom! You don't need to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.

punch (one's) weight

To accomplish as auspiciously or be as affecting as one has the adeptness or abeyant to do. A advertence to weight classes in boxing. Their band had been assertive the alliance in contempo weeks, but they bootless to bite their weight on Saturday night. There accept been talks of reorganizing the way burghal councils are represented so that anniversary arena is bigger able to bite their weight back chief bread-and-butter issues. She may be new to the scene, but she's able-bodied able to bite her weight alongside industry veterans.Learn more: punch, weight

punch your weight

BRITISH, JOURNALISMIf addition punches their weight, they accept as abundant access or ability as you would apprehend them to have. Some feel that the North will never be able to bite its weight adjoin the affluent and crawling South-East, unless a greater arctic arena is formed.Learn more: punch, weight

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