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
Ferrer	-	Various
Donat	DAW-naht (Polish)	French, Occitan, Catalan, Polish
Lugos	-	Celtic Mythology
Dmitrei	-	Medieval Slavic
Themistoklis	-	Greek
Bernt	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish