albatrossnoun
uk/ˈæl.bə.trɒs/us/ˈæl.bə.trɑːs/albatross noun (BIRD)
[ C ] a large white bird with long, strong wings that lives near the sea, found especially in the areas of the Pacific and South Atlantic oceans
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Birds found by or on the sea
- cormorant
- curlew
- fulmar
- gannet
- guillemot
- gull
- penguin
- petrel
- plover
- puffin
- seagull
- shag
- skua
- tern
albatross noun (PROBLEM)
[ S ] something or someone you want to be free from because that thing or person is causing you problems:
Her own supporters see her as an albatross who could lose them the election.
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- bane
- be in the clear idiom
- chill
- equation
- handicap
- hiccup
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- life's a bitch (and then you die) idiom
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
- tie-up
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