[
US
/ˈmɪɫˌstoʊn/
]
[ UK /mˈɪlstəʊn/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪlstəʊn/ ]
NOUN
- any load that is difficult to carry
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(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
she was an albatross around his neck - one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
How To Use millstone In A Sentence
- Just because you want to get rid of a financial millstone round your neck doesn't qualify. The Sun
- It regulated the output but not the power of a millstone.
- Most carved stones are flat-topped outcrops of the local millstone grit.
- Such a contract could be putting a millstone round the neck of the citizens of this borough.
- Inflation is still a millstone round the neck of British businesses.
- He explained that they were the sites where millstones were cut from the outcrops of Millstone Grit.
- The geology here is alternating layers of limestone and shale topped with millstone grit.
- Pragmatic John W Henry sees grounds for sharingThe £37m Tom Hicks and George Gillett borrowed from RBS for preparatory work on a Stanley Park stadium hangs like a millstone around Liverpool, and it could force the Reds into a groundshare with Everton. John W Henry and Liverpool keep quiet about £45m loan deals
- To be honest, the great bird, the roast ham and the sausage rolls have been a millstone round this cook's neck for longer than he cares to remember.
- My debts are a millstone around my neck.