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Meanings of become a millstone in английском

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Usage of become a millstone in английском
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For Jeb Bush, however, it has become a millstone around the neck.
The Guardian
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The impression persists, however, that instead it has become a millstone.
The Guardian
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But it has become a millstone for all involved.
The Guardian
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Ireland's failure to launch past a World Cup quarter-final has become a millstone around the team's neck.
Radio NZ
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A technology that was once a magical tool for communicating has somehow become a millstone round people's necks.
The Guardian
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In plain fact, he had now become a millstone to me, not only useless as a necklace, but afflictive to bear.
Bartleby, the scrivener
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These customers have become a millstone for banks across the country after new U.S. regulations limited overdraft fees that banks can charge.
Reuters
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He said the decision to build a third runway at Heathrow was a catastrophic one which would become a millstone around the government's neck.
The Irish Times
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At first a trivial thing, in time it became a millstone round my neck.
A Son of the Immortals
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It would be unfortunate, both for Wright and Arsenal, if a milestone became a millstone.
The Irish Times
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However, that dowry of ten thousand francs, which determined his choice, ultimately became a millstone round his neck.
The Fortune of the Rougons
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