millstone around one's neck

A heavy burden, as in Julie finds Grandma, who is crabby, a millstone around her neck. The literal hanging of a millstone about the neck is mentioned as a punishment in the New Testament (Matthew 18:6), causing the miscreant to be drowned. Its present figurative use was first recorded in a history of the Quakers (c. 1720).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kailey	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Ainslee	AYNZ-lee	English (Rare)
Mathilda	mə-TIL-də (English, Swedish)	English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
Kine	-	Norwegian
Magdalene	mahk-dah-LE-nə (German), MAG-də-lən (English), MAG-də-leen (English)	German, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Masterman	MAS-tər-mən	English (Rare)