a dead weight

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a dead weight

1. if someone is a dead weight, they are very heavy and difficult to carry, often because they are not conscious Tom was a dead weight and her muscles ached as she carried him upstairs.

2. something or someone who prevents other people from making progress We must free ourselves from the dead weight of history. She's just a dead weight on the business at the moment.

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