| 单词 | to be around neck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be around (also round) (someone's) neck b. To be a burden, unwanted responsibility, or hindrance to (a person). Esp. in early use, of a woman. Also to be around (also round) (someone's) neck.Cf. millstone n. 2a. ΚΠ 1863 A. Trollope Small House at Allington in Cornhill Mag. Jan. 65 What was to be his fate here and hereafter? Lily Dale was gone from him, and Amelia Roper was hanging round his neck like a millstone! 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days viii. 139 He's not such a bloody fool that he wants a niece hanging round his neck for the rest of his life. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 33/4 She had been planning to have him alone, not with the Templar family, which he hated anyway, round his neck. 1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo iii. 162 But you shouldn't worry. You can never do the best work that way. Of course with Falcon and Sanderson round your neck, I'm not surprised. 2000 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 20/1 Considering how life might feel at graduation with a $60,000 debt round her neck. < as lemmas |
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