millstone about neck



millstone about one's neck

a continual burden or handicap. This huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck. Bill's inability to control his temper is a millstone about his neck.
See also: millstone, neck

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Paaie-Manx
Wekesa-Eastern African, Luhya
Mayumah-yooJapanese
Marcelle-French
AfËRditaah-fər-DEET-ahAlbanian
Aleksandrs-Latvian