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be (like) a millstone around your neck
idiom
(UK alsobe (like) a millstone round your neck)
to be a responsibility that is difficult to bear and causes you trouble: 犹如套在（某人）脖子上的磨盘，成了（某人的）沉重负担
The mortgage on his house had become a millstone around his neck.房屋抵押贷款让他不堪重负。
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accountable to someone
accountably
answer for something
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dual role
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fall to someone
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on your own head be itidiom
ought to
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portfolio
shoulder
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
the onus
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