Frankenstein's monster



Frankenstein's monster

Something that harms or destroys its creator and cannot be controlled. A reference to the monster in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. At first, my side business seemed like a good idea, but it has turned into Frankenstein's monster, eating away at my time and finances.
See also: monster

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Darnelldahr-NELEnglish
HaydenHAY-dənEnglish
CristenKRIS-tənEnglish (Modern)
AdrianAY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Cahyo-Indonesian, Javanese
DorcasDAWR-kəs (English)Biblical