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Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] An albatross around one's neckMeaning 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 albatross is obliged to carry the bird hung around his neck.
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