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| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | надеть себе на шею хомут | carry something on one's back |
| gen. | надеть себе на шею хомут | carry on back |
| gen. | повесить себе хомут на шею | put a yoke on the neck (Дмитрий_Р) |
| gen. | хомут на шее | millstone around neck (e.g. "I felt like a millstone round her neck, her own health problems taking a back seat to my own." Olga Okuneva) |