YOKE AROUND SOMEONE'S NECK

yoke around someone's neck: translation

a yoke around someone's neck
Fig. something that oppresses people; a burden. •

John's greedy children are a yoke around his neck.

The Smiths have a huge mortgage that has become a yoke around their necks.


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YOKE PEOPLE OR THINGS TOGETHER →← YIELD TO SOMEONE

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