a millstone/a millstone around one's neck 是什么意思？a millstone/a millstone around one's neck 的含义 - 柯林高阶英语学习词典 - 在线工具

a millstone/a millstone around one's neck

or to have a millstone round your neck

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If you describe something as a millstone or a millstone around your neck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.

[disapproval]

For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone.

That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.

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