Albatross around neck

Meaning: something or someone that is a burden and difficult to get rid of, something that keeps causing you problems and stops you from being successful

Example: That car costs you so much to repair. It has become an albatross around your neck. The company that he founded in 1983 is now an albatross around his neck, making losses of several hundreds of thousands a year.

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