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词汇 millstone around neck
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millstone around necka millstone around (your) neck
a problem or responsibility that you have all the time which prevents you from doing what you want.
I'd rather not be in debt - I don't want that millstone around my neck.
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millstone around (one's) neck

A heavy burden. I wish I hadn't bought that house—the mortgage is a millstone around my neck.

a millstone around/round somebody’s ˈneck

something 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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