I am a weight that nobody can lift, and a present you never wanted as a gift. What am I?
A cold
You can 'catch a cold' (a gift you didn't want), and you can 'feel a cold' or 'weigh down' with a cold, though the primary wordplay is on catching/receiving something unwanted.
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