| gen. |
burden; load; drag; encumbrance; tie; embarrassment; ball and chain; liability (Johnik-Eptesicus); albatross (a burden or encumbrance (in allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner). COED. But the enormous scale of production and the level of consumer demand for the famous box-like Lada cars made AvtoVAZ a magnet for corruption and an albatross around the neck of the state. TMT Alexander Demidov); imposition (kopeika); ties; imposition (There you go again, thinking that you're an imposition. Aly19); heavy responsibility; handicap (MichaelBurov); chore (In truth, the boat was a damned chore for him. Abysslooker) |
