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●a millstone around/round sb’s ˈnecksth which limits your freedom or makes you worry 难以摆脱的沉重负担；累赘；包袱◆My debts are a millstone round my neck.
债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。 ORIGIN A millstone is a very large heavy flat stone used to crush grain to make flour. This phrase refers to an old form of punishing people by tying a heavy stone around their necks and dropping them into deep water to drown. * millstone 指磨石。这个短语原指旧时的一种刑罚，即将一块重石挂在受刑人的脖子上并将其沉入深水中，使其淹没。 |