an albatross around one s neck /

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An albatross around one’s neck describes a terrible burden that a person must carry. The phrase an albatross around one’s neck comes from the poem the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge,published in 1798. In the legend told in the poem, an albatross, and which is a bird,follows a ship. Generally, […]

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