| 单词 | a millstone round one's neck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa millstone round one's neck a. A heavy and inescapable burden or responsibility; esp. in a millstone round one's neck.Originally in biblical allusion (Matthew 18:6). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > a burden burdenc971 chargec1300 packa1325 burnc1375 fardelc1380 weightc1380 carriagea1556 load1600 taxa1628 overpoise1697 dead weight1720 backload1725 millstone1787 tin kettle1796 nightmare-weight1847 ball and chain1855 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xviii. 6 It spediþ to hym þat a mylnestoon of assis be hangid in his necke. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Lett. (1966) III. 305 If you are willing to ford this musical Pactolus He (Mr. G.) will undertake to hang a Mill-Stone round your Neck. 1787 J. Bentham Def. Usury x. 109 The mill-stone intended for the necks of those vermin..the dealers in corn, was found to fall upon the heads of the consumers. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 451 Her children were a sad tie (a very mill-stone) on her unassisted efforts. 1877 ‘Rita’ Vivienne iv. iv It is the millstone they hang round our necks. 1922 Weekly Free Press & Aberdeen Herald 7 Jan. 3 We ha'e a mull-steen roon wir nain necks, as Scriptur' ca's 't. 1958 B. L. Montgomery Mem. (1961) 483 The Navy had little use for National Service, the First Sea Lord saying it would merely be a ‘millstone round the neck of the armed forces’. 1995 Times 29 Apr. (Mag.) 24/1 The appalling acting and production values began as millstones, but turned into the show's biggest advantages as millions tuned in to cringe at the unlikely misfortunes that befell this small suburban patch of King's Oak. < as lemmas |
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