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French translation for "millstone round one's neck"

un boulet que l'on traîne

Related Translations:
millstone:  n. pierre meulière; poids, charge, fardeau
lower millstone:  meule dormante, meule gisante
upper millstone:  une étampe (pierre précieuse)
nether millstone:  meule dormante
millstone round his neck:  avoir une famille à sa charge (pesant, représentant un lourd fardeau)
see into a millstone:  avoir une compréhension rapide; entendre l'herbe pousser
neck:  n. cou; collet; encolure; orifice; apendice; manchon; gorge; collet (botanique); insolencev. se becoter; se faire des mamours, se peloter (argot)adj. relatif au cou; fermé, retréci; étrang
rounded:  adj. arrondi
round up:  rassembler; engager une poursuite; arrondir au chiffre supérieur
coming round:  convalescence, rétablissement
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