| 词组 | a millstone round one's neck |
| 释义 | (redirected from a millstone round one's neck)a millstone round (one's) neckAn extremely difficult or disadvantageous burden or hindrance. I wish I hadn't bought that house—the mortgage has been nothing but a millstone round my neck. Given the man's laundry list of scandals, he's proving to be quite a millstone round the candidate's neck. a millstone round your necka very severe impediment or disadvantage.A millstone was a large circular stone used to grind corn. The phrase alludes to a method of executing people by throwing them into deep water with a heavy stone attached to them, a fate believed to have been suffered by several early Christian martyrs. |
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