millstone

名词 millstone:

1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
   同义词：albatross
2. any load that is difficult to carry
3. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

1. That mortgage has a millstone round my neck.
   那个抵押使的背上了沉重的包袱。
2. My brother-in-law, who depends on us financially, has been a millstone round my neck ever since we married.
   自从我们结婚以来，我的妻弟一直在经济上依靠我们，成了我们沉重的负担。
3. My debts were like a millstone round my neck.
   我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
4. Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.
   她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱。