a millstone round my neck

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• millstone round your neck — A millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• millstone round your neck —    A millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Millstone round your neck —   A millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do …   Dictionary of English idioms

• (a) millstone round your neck — a millstone around/round your ˈneck idiom a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of • My debts are a millstone around my neck. • Unemployment was an economic millstone around the country s neck.… …   Useful english dictionary

• millstone round his neck — heavy burden, great worry, burdensome responsibility …   English contemporary dictionary

• (a) millstone around your neck — a millstone around/round your ˈneck idiom a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of • My debts are a millstone around my neck. • Unemployment was an economic millstone around the country s neck.… …   Useful english dictionary

• neck — [[t]ne̱k[/t]] ♦♦♦ necks, necking, necked 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your neck is the part of your body which joins your head to the rest of your body. She threw her arms round his neck and hugged him warmly... He was short and stocky, and had a thick …   English dictionary

• millstone — mill|stone [ˈmılstəun US stoun] n 1.) one of the two large circular stones that crush grain into flour in a ↑mill 2.) a millstone round/around sb s neck something that causes a lot of problems for someone, and that they cannot get rid of ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• millstone round one's neck — n. problem that is preventing someone from making progress, stumbling block …   English contemporary dictionary

• millstone — [[t]mɪ̱lstoʊn[/t]] millstones 1) N COUNT A millstone is a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour. 2) PHRASE: usu v link PHR (disapproval) If you describe something as a millstone or a millstone… …   English dictionary

• millstone — /mil stohn /, n. 1. either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill. 2. anything that grinds or crushes. 3. any heavy mental or emotional burden (often used in the phrase a millstone around one …   Universalium