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What kind of allusion is carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders

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User Asad Rao
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Hello!

It would be a religious allusion, because it's referring to Jesus Christ carrying the cross, where the Bible says He was "carrying the weight (sins) of the world on His shoulders"

Hope this helps you out fam!

~theLocoCoco

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User Eric Burke
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Answer:

it is a metaphor.you don't actually mean that you're holding the weight of the world on your shoulders.

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