"sulle spalle" meaning in Italian

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “on the shoulders”.",
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  "lang_code": "it",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sulle, spalle."
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          "ref": "2016, Tom Bissell, “Tutto di tutto: Infinite Jest, vent'anni dopo [Everything of everything: Infinite Jest, twenty years later]”, in David Foster Wallace, translated by Edoardo Nesi, Infinite Jest, Einaudi, page v",
          "text": "I più vedrebbero in queste parole un elogio, ma un romanzo con vent'anni sulle spalle funziona solo perché pare astutamente profetico e perché i lettori di oggi considerano i suoi scenari ancora «rilevanti»?",
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        "that bears a burdensome responsibility, blame, etc."
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        "(idiomatic) that bears a burdensome responsibility, blame, etc."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sulle, spalle."
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          "text": "I più vedrebbero in queste parole un elogio, ma un romanzo con vent'anni sulle spalle funziona solo perché pare astutamente profetico e perché i lettori di oggi considerano i suoi scenari ancora «rilevanti»?",
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