yoke around neck

yoke around someone's neck

Fig. something that oppresses people; a burden. John's greedy children are a yoke around his neck. The Smiths have a huge mortgage that has become a yoke around their necks.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wray	[rei]
Kazue	kah-zoo-e	Japanese
Will	[wil]
Anara	-	Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Jacquetta	-	English (British)
Katsiaryna	-	Belarusian