ball and chain

球和链,球和链子,球和链条,球链

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a heavy iron ball fastened by a chain to a prisoner's leg.
- : a burdensome restraint: The steady accumulation of small debts was a ball and chain to his progress.
- : Facetious Slang: Often Offensive. a person's spouse or romantic partner, especially a female.

noungreat hindrance

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
One of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.
Instead of going for the hole, I hit the ball directly into the water.
There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.
She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Then he closed the spring with a snap, and she let him pass the chain over her hand once more.