carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders

:  to move while supporting :  transport

:  to convey by direct communication

:  conduct, escort

:  carrying power

:  the range of a gun or projectile or of a struck or thrown ball

:  portage

:  the amount that a thing weighs

:  the standard or established amount that a thing should weigh

:  one of the classes into which contestants in a sports event are divided according to body weight

:  to oppress with a burden

:  to load or make heavy with or as if with a weight

:  to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient

:  the earthly state of human existence

:  the earth with its inhabitants and all things upon it

:  individual course of life :  career

:  of or relating to the world

:  extending or found throughout the world :  worldwide

:  involving or applying to part of or the whole world

:  the laterally projecting part of the human body formed of the bones and joints with their covering tissue by which the arm is connected with the trunk

:  the region of the body of nonhuman vertebrates that corresponds to the shoulder but is less projecting

:  the two shoulders and the upper part of the back

:  to push or thrust with or as if with the shoulder :  jostle

:  to place or bear on the shoulder

:  to assume the burden or responsibility of