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1 to be a millstone round somebody's neck
ser una cruz para alguienEnglish-spanish dictionary > to be a millstone round somebody's neck
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2 a millstone round somebody's neck
a millstone about/(a)round somebody's neck камень/хомут на шееThis huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck.
I'd rather not be in debt — I don't want that millstone around my neck.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > a millstone round somebody's neck
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3 a millstone about somebody's neck
a millstone about/(a)round somebody's neck камень/хомут на шееThis huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck.
I'd rather not be in debt — I don't want that millstone around my neck.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > a millstone about somebody's neck
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4 a millstone around somebody's neck
a millstone about/(a)round somebody's neck камень/хомут на шееThis huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck.
I'd rather not be in debt — I don't want that millstone around my neck.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > a millstone around somebody's neck
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5 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) piedra de molino2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) carga enormetr['mɪlstəʊn]1 muela, rueda de molino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a millstone round somebody's neck ser una cruz para alguienmillstone ['mɪl.sto:n] n: rueda f de molino, muela fn.• muela s.f.• piedra de molino s.f.noun muela f, rueda f de molinoto be (like) a millstone around somebody's neck — ser* una cruz or una carga para alguien
['mɪlstǝʊn]N piedra f de molino, muela f* * *noun muela f, rueda f de molinoto be (like) a millstone around somebody's neck — ser* una cruz or una carga para alguien
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6 millstone
nounMühlstein, derbe a millstone round somebody's neck — (fig.) jemandem ein Klotz am Bein sein (ugs.)
* * *1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) der Mühlstein2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) der Mühlstein* * *ˈmill·stonen Mühlstein mto be [like] a \millstone around sb's neck jdm wie ein Klotz am Bein sein* * *be between the upper and nether millstone fig zwischen die Mühlsteine geraten sein, zerrieben werden;be a millstone round sb’s neck figa) jemandem ein Klotz am Bein sein umg (Person),b) jemandem am Bein hängen umg (Hypothek etc)* * *nounMühlstein, derbe a millstone round somebody's neck — (fig.) jemandem ein Klotz am Bein sein (ugs.)
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7 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) mølle-/kvernstein2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) klamp om fotensubst. \/ˈmɪlstəʊn\/1) kvernstein, møllestein2) ( overført) stort ansvar, stor byrde, møllestein, kvernsteinbe a millstone round somebody's neck ( overført) være en kvernstein om halsen på noen, være en klamp om foten på noensee far into a millstone ( spøkefullt) være svært skarpsynt eller skarpsindig
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