CARRY ONE'S CROSS
carry one's cross: translation
bear one's cross & carry one's cross
Fig. to handle or cope with one's burden; to endure one's difficulties. (This is a biblical theme. It is always used figuratively except in the biblical context.) •
It's a very painful disease, but I'll bear my cross.
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I can't help you with it. You'll just have to carry your own cross.
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or {literary}[bear one's cross] {v. phr.} To live with pain or trouble; keep on even though you suffer or have trouble. * /Weak ankles are a cross Joe carries while the other boys play basketball./ * /We didn't know the cheerful woman was bearing her cross, a son in prison./