millstones
noun
- 1
A large round stone used for grinding grain.
- 2
A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
- 3
Often in a millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.
“Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks.”
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