weigh on

weigh on

CEFR: C1-C2 /weigh on/ [no ipa available]

Weigh on is to be oppressive or disheartening to someone. It is to express sadness. When someone tells you a sad story, it may weigh on your shoulders, meaning to make you sad and not be able to forget it. Anything that weighs on you makes you unhappy. For example, “It really weighed on my mind when I found out her father died.”

Example sentences using “weigh”:

Example Sentences:
The bad news is really weighing on me.
I can tell that something is weighing on his mind. (This means that he's worried about something)
He's under huge pressure at work and it's really weighing on him.
The responsibility of her new job had begun to weigh on her.
The high price of property weighs heavily on many businesses.