millstone

Support for Israel, the bedrock of many Jews’ identity, has become a millstone for some.

It's obvious the people who worked in the business were kept locked away in appalling conditions, living side by side with the donkeys that turned the millstones.

The Vanadis bristle worm has eyes as big as millstones -- relatively speaking.

That phrase has become part of the political lexicon, but Rishi Sunak's slogan has become a millstone around his administration's neck.

"It's a real millstone - everything you are doing is subject to scrutiny," said John Reed Stark, a former chief of the SEC's Office of Internet Enforcement.