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millstone

noun
🔊/ˈmɪlstəʊn/
🔊/ˈmɪlstəʊn/
Idioms
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  1. one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to grind (= press hard and break) grain to make flour磨石；磨盘
Idioms
a millstone around/round your neck
  1. a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of难以摆脱的沉重负担
    • My debts are a millstone around my neck.债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。🔊🔊
    • Unemployment was an economic millstone around the country’s neck.失业是困扰该国的经济障碍。