millstone
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It’s not a milestone so much, though, as a millstone.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet today government paperwork is an ever-weightier millstone around the public’s neck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“She’s reduced the price. She can’t shift this property and it’s become a bit of a millstone around her neck.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
"She probably thought she was leaving something to her offspring, only to find that it's become a millstone," says Taylor.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
As I round the building I find an old millstone.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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