albatross (around someone's neck)
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Пример использования идиомы albatross (around someone's neck):
Jack's lack of a proper education is an albatross around his neck, and it prevents him from getting a good job.
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Другие идиомы:
- as a duck takes to water
- as bald as a coot
- as crazy as a loon
- as dead as a dodo
- as easy as duck soup
- as free as a bird
- as graceful as a swan
- as happy as a lark
- as hoarse as a crow
- as mad as a wet hen
- as naked as a jaybird
- as proud as a peacock
- as scarce as hen's teeth/scarcer than hen's teeth
- as silly as a goose
- as soft as down