The company that he founded in 1983 is now an albatross around his neck, making losses of several hundreds of thousands a year.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
albatross around neck — albatross around/round (your) neck literary something that you have done or are connected with that keeps causing you problems and stops you from being successful. The company that he founded in 1983 is now an albatross around his neck, making… … New idioms dictionary
albatross round your neck — albatross around/round (your) neck literary something that you have done or are connected with that keeps causing you problems and stops you from being successful. The company that he founded in 1983 is now an albatross around his neck, making… … New idioms dictionary
an albatross round his neck — Meaning A burden which some unfortunate person has to carry. Origin A reference to the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in which the character who shot an albtross is obliged to carry the bird hung around his neck … Meaning and origin of phrases
albatross around your neck — albatross around/round (your) neck literary something that you have done or are connected with that keeps causing you problems and stops you from being successful. The company that he founded in 1983 is now an albatross around his neck, making… … New idioms dictionary
albatross around your neck — An albatross around, or round, your neck is a problem resulting from something you did that stops you from being successful … The small dictionary of idiomes
Albatross (metaphor) — The word albatross is sometimes used to mean an encumbrance, or a wearisome burden. [cite web | url = http://m w.com/dictionary/albatross | title = Albatross | work = Merriam Webster Online Dictionary | accessdate = 2007 11 24 ] It is an allusion … Wikipedia
Albatross — This article is about the bird family. For other uses, see Albatross (disambiguation). Albatross Temporal range: Oligocene–recent … Wikipedia
albatross around your neck — An albatross around, or round, your neck is a problem resulting from something you did that stops you from being successful. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Albatross around your neck — An albatross around, or round, your neck is a problem resulting from something you did that stops you from being successful … Dictionary of English idioms
Grey-headed Albatross — Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) … Wikipedia
