millstone
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈmɪlˌstoʊn/
- Informal
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- He's a millstone around your neck.
- millstone around my neck
So his big surprise has now become a big millstone round his neck.
- So his big surprise has now become a big millstone round his neck.
Examples
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Let us, as parents, remove the millstone from around our necks and bring our children a cup of cold water.
Blog text (13) -
The legacy was a millstone that would drag her down.
Fiction book (1992) -
And that is a millstone around your neck.
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So his big surprise has now become a big millstone round his neck.
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Five minutes ago, you were a millstone around my neck.
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I would rather have a millstone around my neck than marry you!
Fiction book (1997) -
My anger over my losses was like a millstone around my neck.
Blog text (11) -
And as it gets worse and worse, I believe this will be the millstone around Barack Obama's neck that will take his presidency down.
Blog text (19) -
Always at my elbow, whispering his venom, in my house, in my business, like a millstone around my neck, bringing me to ruin!
Fiction book (2000) -
Managing a large project can often feel like a millstone around your neck when deadlines are tight.
Synonyms
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4.1
A heavy burden of worry or responsibility
22
4.4
A heavy object that is hard to carry, or a burden that slows progress
19
7.9
A difficult duty or burden someone must deal with
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7.3
A heavy feeling of worry and responsibility
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8.4
A heavy problem that stays and keeps causing worry or trouble
2
5.8
A person or thing that makes work slower
2
8.7
A problem that stays with you and causes worry
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4.9
A heavy feeling of pressure because you have important duties
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Idioms
How Burdensome
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Morphology
Etymology
Millstone comes from mill and stone, and it was first the name of a very heavy stone used for grinding grain. People imagined such a stone tied around the neck, so millstone now means a serious, hard-to-carry burden.