Millstone

['mɪlstəʊn] or ['mɪlston]

(noun.) one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain.

(noun.) any load that is difficult to carry.

艾玛手打--From WordNet

(n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

手打:波莱特

You see the millstone that he is about my neck. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
A porochial 'prentis, who is at present a dead-weight; a millstone, as I may say, round the porochial throat? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
And really, there is no corn between the millstones any more. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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