Albatross around your neck

Posted by Bob October 18, 2003In reply to Albatross around your neck posted by Sax on October 18, 2003

Can you please tell me the meaning of this phrase, and where it comes from? Thank you - SAX

It's from Coleridge's "Rime of theAncient Mariner," and it's the punishment dealt out .... but wait, it's a good story. Read the whole thing at
etext.lib.virginia.edu/ toc/modeng/public/Col2Mar.html
Suffice it to say, hanging an albatross around your neck is a huge problem, since the albatross is the largest (and heaviest) sea bird.

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