ball and chain
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WORD ORIGIN
a type of prisoner's restraint, 1818; as "one's wife," 1920.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR BALL AND CHAIN
burden
nounmental weight; stress- Herculean task
- accountability
- affliction
- albatross
- anxiety
- ball and chain
- blame
- care
- charge
- clog
- concern
- deadweight
- difficulty
- duty
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- grievance
- hardship
- hindrance
- load
- millstone
- misfortune
- mishap
- obstruction
- onus
- punishment
- responsibility
- sorrow
- strain
- task
- tax
- thorn in one's side
- trial
- trouble
- weary load
- work
- worry
burdens
nounmental weight; stress- Herculean task
- accountability
- affliction
- albatross
- anxiety
- ball and chain
- blame
- care
- charge
- clog
- concern
- deadweight
- difficulty
- duty
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- grievance
- hardship
- hindrance
- load
- millstone
- misfortune
- mishap
- obstruction
- onus
- punishment
- responsibility
- sorrow
- strain
- task
- tax
- thorn in one's side
- trial
- trouble
- weary load
- work
- worry
encumbrance
nounburden- albatross
- ball and chain
- cross
- debt
- duty
- guilt
- handicap
- hindrance
- impediment
- load
- millstone
- monkey on one's back
- obstruction
- responsibility
- saddle
- thorn in one's side
- weight
- worry
hindrance
nounobstruction, difficulty- Catch-22
- albatross
- baggage
- ball and chain
- bar
- barrier
- catch
- check
- clog
- crimp
- cumbrance
- deterrent
- drag
- drawback
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- foot dragging
- glitch
- gridlock
- handicap
- hang-up
- hitch
- impedance
- impediment
- interference
- interruption
- intervention
- jam-up
- joker
- limitation
- lock
- millstone
- monkey wrench
- obstacle
- restraint
- restriction
- snag
- stoppage
- stumbling block
- trammel
hindrances
nounobstruction, difficulty- Catch-22
- albatross
- baggage
- ball and chain
- bar
- barrier
- catch
- check
- clog
- crimp
- cumbrance
- deterrent
- drag
- drawback
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- foot dragging
- glitch
- gridlock
- handicap
- hang-up
- hitch
- impedance
- impediment
- interference
- interruption
- intervention
- jam-up
- joker
- limitation
- lock
- millstone
- monkey wrench
- obstacle
- restraint
- restriction
- snag
- stoppage
- stumbling block
- trammel
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