| 词组 | a millstone around somebody's neck |
| 释义 | (redirected from a millstone around somebody's neck)millstone around (one's) neckA heavy burden. I wish I hadn't bought that house—the mortgage is a millstone around my neck. a millstone around/round somebody’s ˈnecksomething which limits your freedom or makes you worry: My debts are a millstone round my neck.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. |
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