That expression is a millstone around someone's neck.

这个指某人身上的沉重负担。

I'd like to call asher millstone to the stand.

请允许我传唤亚设·米尔斯顿出庭作证。

For example, student debt is a millstone for many young people.

例如，学生贷款对许多年轻人来说一个重大问题。

So, we also use the word millstone to describe a serious responsibility, problem, or concern.

所以，我们也用“millstone”这个词来形容重大的责任、问题或担忧。

The most ancient millstone was unearthed just nearby.

附近曾经出土过最古老的石磨。

The founding fathers and mothers, modestly dressed in millstone ruffs, had given way to their children.

谨慎的穿着磨似的环领的先辈，已经为子孙们让了道路。

They have also unearthed fragments of various artifacts, including a millstone, bottles, and painted pottery.

他们还出土了各种物碎片，包括磨、瓶子和彩陶。

We could also say the debt is a millstone around their necks or a monkey on their backs.

我们也可以说学生贷款他们的沉重负担。

A millstone is a very large, heavy stone used for grinding things such as grain or corn.

磨石一种非常大、很重的石头，被用来碾磨谷物或玉米等东西。

It's satisfying because you see the results straight away. It's not just about putting it through the millstones.

结果立竿见影，很让人满意。这不只因为要用磨石做。

" We had an old house, a cow to pull the millstone and big bowls to stew the sugar, " she said.

“我们有一栋老房子，一头牛拉磨，大碗炖糖，”她说。

Adrenna and I fell constantly between the upper and the nether millstone.

阿德瑞娜和我不断地落在上层和下层磨石之间。

Today, millstones of the same shape are still being used.

至今同一形制的磨还在使用。

Millstones grind up cereals into powders.

石磨将谷物研成粉末。

Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

少年人扛磨石，孩童背木柴，都绊跌了。

It's millstones grind paint pigments the way they did hundreds of years ago in the days of Johannes Vermeer gears.

磨石研磨油漆颜料的方式与数百年前约翰内斯·维米尔齿轮时代的方式相同。

By the middle of 1982, the character that had propelled Williams to superstar status was beginning to feel like a millstone around his neck.

1982年年中，让威廉姆斯成为超级明星的这一角色开始成为他的沉重负担。

We have absolutely every scrap of the grain that goes into the millstones is actually used in the flour, so nothing is sieved out.

每一粒进入磨石的米都物尽其用了，没有筛掉的地方。

Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams.

要用磨磨面，揭去帕子，脱去长衣，露腿趟河。

A crunching of sand as between millstones raised the picture of Humphrey's, Fairway's, or Sam's heavy feet crossing the stone floor of the kitchen.

像沙子在磨里碾着的嘎吱嘎吱声展示了汉弗莱、费尔韦和萨姆沉重的脚步穿过厨房石板地的图景。