millstone

He's been thinking of furthering his studies abroad but, his aged mother, his wife and the children all become a millstone around his neck.

他一直打算出国留学，可是年迈的老母亲妻子和孩子成了他的沉重包袱。

This election process has been a boon for news sites and the equivalent of a 'millstone around the neck' for people like me.

这次大选为雅虎这家新闻网站带来了实惠，但也为像我一样的人们带来了沉重的负担。

You know how selfish your brother is--if he comes to live with us he'll be a millstone round our neck.

你知道你兄弟有多自私——要是他来跟我们住在一起，他将成为我们的沉重负担。

As he ran through the front door the millstone jumped down and struck him dead.

当他走到门口时，磨盘从门上落了下来，一下把他砸死了。

And as she went out the door, crash! the bird threw the millstone on her head, and it crushed her to death.

她刚一出去，小鸟把磨石扔到了她的头上，将她砸得粉碎。

a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.

有一个妇人把一块上磨石抛在亚比米勒的头上，打破了他的脑骨。

Some may question whether this will be too much - that it will become a financial millstone around the Beijing municipal government's neck.

有人难免会质疑这笔开销是否过于庞大，从而使北京市政府背上沉重的财政负担。

Present's society is anything, was not before rich can cause the ghost to turn a millstone, but was rich can cause to rub pushes the ghost.

现在的社会是什么，不是以前的有钱能使鬼推磨而是有钱能使磨推鬼。

You are running your head against a millstone in trying to finish the job within two days.

你想在两天之内完成这项工作是企图不可能的事罢了。

53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

53有一个妇人把一块上磨石抛在亚比米勒的头上，打破了他的脑骨。

That is quite a millstone to carry in a knowledge-based economy.

这可真是一个知识经济时代的沉重负担。

His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

他的心结实如石头，如下磨石那样结实。

I can see into a millstone, as the saying is.

我正如俗语所说的一般能够洞察石磨。

Bush -- the very policies that Democrats hoped to use as a millstone to drag them down.

民主党正是希望把这些政策当作一个磨盘压在共和党身上，让它抬不起头来。

The three abrasive rollers are distributed at the roller path of the millstone uniformly, and are fixedly to the loading rack.

三个磨辊均分布于磨盘辊道上，并铰固在加载架上。

The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper .

低磨高磨，一样可以磨。

That, they suggest, means the household name could end up being a millstone around Google's neck.

他们认为，这就意味着YouTube这个家喻户晓的品牌可能最终成为Google的沉重包袱。

Health care for company pensioners, long a millstone, was transferred to union-run trusts.

公司退休人员的健康保健，经过长时间的工作，被转至工会经营的信托机构。

In the meantime, Canada's erstwhile geographical advantage is, for now, its millstone.

与此同时，加拿大昔日的地理优势目前竟成了它的重负。

The loans they bought from the big banks a decade ago are still a millstone around their necks.

10年前从大型银行买入的不良贷款仍是套在他们脖子上的沉重负担。