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Meanings of millstone in English

Spanish
rémora

(Figurative) something that hinders or handicaps.

rémora
Usage of millstone in English
1
The Honour could see through a millstone with a hole in it.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
2
I can see through a millstone-ifit has a hole in it.
Madcap
3
Money is a millstone which the rich use to grind the poor.
Mary Minds Her Business
4
He found his natural selection hang round his neck like a millstone.
Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification
5
The memory of that tragedy was hanging on him like a millstone.
The Bars of Iron
6
It will be an impossible millstone around the neck of tomorrow's organizations.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
7
It dragged with the weight of a millstone tied about their necks.
Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD!
8
For Jeb Bush, however, it has become a millstone around the neck.
The Guardian
9
He'll have to drag her with him like millstone round his neck.
The Getting of Wisdom
10
He had one hanging around his nick more securely than any millstone.
Madcap
11
Nothing will ever go well-whileI'm there-likea millstone round your neck.
The Marriage of William Ashe
12
That's why I've still got Marshlands like a millstone around my neck.
American empire: blood and iron
13
Oh, how could he free himself from this millstone at his neck?
Six Women
14
Four days ago I'd been a potential help; now I was a millstone.
One of our Thursdays is missing
15
Certain commitments made today could become a bit of a millstone!
The South African
16
Before Madchester became its millstone, Factory Records drank deep from this particular well.
The Guardian
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