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.
See also: around, neck, yoke

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tzila-Hebrew
Edi-Slovene, Croatian
Labhrainn-Scottish
Zola (2)-Southern African, Zulu
Kristinakris-TEE-nah (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, Faroese,
Oded-Biblical