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ball and chain

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a ball and chain
something which limits your freedom. The house had become a ball and chain - we couldn't sell it and neither could we rent it out.
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If I could capture that spectrum the atomic neon sign of your lost wonder and feed it to you on a spoon when your lonely vigil against poverty and incompetence becomes ball and chain I'd give up my own food stand with my back to the solar wind close my eyes to beauty to keep you warm.
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Therefore we provide no value-added and are simply a ball and chain slowing our organizations down.
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I'd love to be able to take just one pill a day, because right now treatment is like a ball and chain that's always with me," Kusler says.
Anticipating the once-a-day pill: a new daily anti-HIV pill is likely ... by Adams, Bob / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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