transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪlstoʊn ]
( millstones)
1.
A millstone is a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour.
N-COUNT
2.
If you describe something as a millstone or a millstone around your neck , you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.
For today’s politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone...
That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
PHRASE : usu v-link PHR [ disapproval ]