Definitionn. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
Last update: September 11, 2015
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Five well-contrasted types of scenery in Derbyshire are clearly traceable to as many varieties of rock; the bleak dry uplands of the north and east, with deep-cut ravines and swift clear streams, are due to the great mass of Mountain Limestone; round the limestone boundary are the valleys with soft outlines in the Pendleside Shales; these are succeeded by the rugged moorlands, covered with heather and peat, which are due to the Millstone Grit series; eastward lies the Derbyshire Coalfield with its gently moulded grasscovered hills; southward is the more level tract of red Triassic rocks. [Please select]
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He'll be a millstone round my neck as long as he lives.' [Please select]
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The Honour could see through a millstone with a hole in it. [Please select]
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Vane, and at length let himself down, cautiously, on the millstone. [Please select]
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"If you will put the millstone round my neck," said the bird. [Please select]
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It rattled the millstone against the eaves of the house, and the stepmother said: "It thunders." [Please select]
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It rattled the millstone against the eaves of the house once more, and the stepmother said again: "It thunders." [Please select]
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The millstone was not removed at that time, however; but in answer to prayer it was unquestionably lightened. [Please select]
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Between the powerful monarchies of these regions, as between an upper and nether millstone, the little kingdoms are destined, one after the other, to be ground to pieces. [Please select]
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Arrived in Wigtown, the wretched man went about, wildly seeking to move the feelings of men whose hearts were like the nether millstone. [Please select]
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