A few days ago
How did the expression of being an albatross around someone’s neck mean to be a burden to them?
An albatross is a long and far-flying bird, so how are they a burden?
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A few days ago
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The phrase alludes to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which a sailor who shoots a friendly albatross is forced to wear its carcass around his neck as punishment.
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A few days ago
It’s bad luck to kill an albatross on the open sea its from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner poem It’s a very long poem
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5 years ago
I love this saying It means to have a problem or a person hanging on you like an anchor & pulling you down due to its weight around your neck
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A few days ago
Its from a famous poem. I want to say its the same one that had “water water everywhere but not a drop to drink”
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A few days ago
…if it were around your neck ..it might be a burden.
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