n.[C]
    
      - 石磨;磨石
 
      - 磨難;重擔,重負
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That mortgage has been like a 
millstone round my neck.
那筆抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沉重負擔。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    a millstone round one's neck
    
      - 套在身上的沉重負擔
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His lazy son is 
a millstone round his neck.
他那懶散的兒子是套在他身上的一個沉重負擔。
 
    
    between the upper and nether millstone
    
      - 上下受夾攻;備受不可抗拒的壓力
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He's 
between the upper and nether millstone.
他深受上下夾攻。
 
    
   
  辨析