hanged about

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There have been times when I felt it a millstone hanged about my neck, and could have wished nothing so much as that I were thrown into the sea.

From Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance by Howells, William Dean

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in Me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.'—Mark ix. 33-42.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander

Its illiteracy made him ashamed, and the helpless fondness it expressed was like a millstone hanged about his neck.

From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean

The root of cut Malowe hanged about the neck driveth away blemishes of the eyen, whether it be in a man or a horse, as I, Jerome of Brunsweig, have seene myselfe.

From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd