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- millstone around (one's) neck
millstone around (one's) neck
millstone around (one's) neck
A heavy burden. I wish I hadn't bought that house—the mortgage is a millstone around my neck.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
ÁBrahÁM | | - | Hungarian |
DezsŐ | | - | Hungarian |
JÓZefa | | yuw-ZEF-ah | Polish |
Karol | | KAH-rawl (Polish) | Polish, Slovak, Slovene |
Rufina | | - | Russian, Spanish, Ancient Roman |
Bada | | - | Anglo-Saxon |