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As much as can be carried on one's shoulder. / As much as can be worn on the shoulder. / An amount that reaches as high as the shoulder. / As much as a metaphoric shoulder can handle.

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shoulderful

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shoulderful

Noun

As much as can be carried on one's shoulder. / As much as can be worn on the shoulder. / An amount that reaches as high as the shoulder. / As much as a metaphoric shoulder can handle.

Japanese Meaning

肩に担げる、または肩に着けられる限界の量 / 肩の高さに達するほどの量 / 比喩的に肩が支えられる限界の量

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She carried a shoulderful of firewood up the hill to keep the cottage warm.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女はコテージを暖めるために、肩に担げるだけの薪を丘の上まで運んだ。

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As much as can be carried on one's shoulder.

As he walks down the hall to meet a group of businessmen, this corporate secret service uses code ling and the phones' two-way radio feature to head off potential snafus, such as toilet paper trailing from his wing tips and "snow on the mountains" (a shoulderful of dandruff), while he's unaware in a Mr. Magoo sort of way of the action surrounding him.

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As much as can be worn on the shoulder.

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Sense（3）

An amount that reaches as high as the shoulder.

Sacramento River flowing circuitously below high crimson banks and a splendid view of America's only volcano (whose last eruption occurred as recently as 1914), rising steeply out of the level valley and hoisting a shoulderful of superb colors against the sky.

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