carry one’s weight—do one’s share of the work:
- We can rearrange our workload anyway we want. Bottom line—we are all going to have to carry our weight.
Cf.: carry the weight of the world on one’s shoulders—be burdened with too many problems:
- He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. That’s bound to get a guy down, no matter how strong he is.
carry weight—be respected and have influence:
- I don’t carry much weight around here, but Walter does.
See also: carry a load / carry the load.