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| Russian | English |
| надеть себе на шею хомут | carry on back |
| повесить себе хомут на шею | put a yoke on the neck (Дмитрий_Р) |
| 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) |