on one's back
He blamed me for it.
N'essaie pas de me mettre tout ça sur le dos.
Don’t try to pin all this on me.
Un commissaire de police sur le dos d'un ours.
A police commissioner on the back of a bear.
— Guerre et Paix (1968)
Les plongeurs ou les hommes-grenouilles ont des bouteilles d'air sur le dos.
Divers or frogmen have air tanks on their backs.
Tu portais ton fils sur le dos.
You were carrying your son on your back.
Et on vous a tout mis sur le dos.
And everything was blamed on you.
He slept on his back.
Ils l'ont fait se retourner et il avait Lénine sur le dos.
They made him turn around, and he had Lenin on his back.
— Bouge pas, meurs, ressuscite (1990)
Il portait son fils sur le dos.
He was carrying his son on his back.