mire

mire    [mahyuh r]

verb. involve someone or something in (a difficulti situation); stuck in mud

"Voters deserve a choice between two candidates who will not mire the nation in legal and political turmoil."

"The economy is mired in its longest recession since World War II."

"She gets mired in a love triangle."

leave someone high and dry

leave someone high and dry

phase. to leave someone in a difficult  situation without any help

"Donald Trump seduces people with his confidence and his promises. People invest time, love and money in him. But in the end he cares only about himself. He betrays those who trust him and leaves them high and dry."

"The stock market crash left us high and dry with debts of over half a million dollars."

"The rest children ran away and left Tom high and dry to take the blame for the broken window."

knead

knead    [need]

verb.  to mix, press, massage  

"Keep kneading the dough and adding water until it reaches an elastic but dry consistency."

"She kneaded the old woman's bony hands."

"His cold hands kneaded my shoulder, his voice fading."

wring

wring    [ring]

verb. to twist or squeeze 

"I wring the cloth out over the sink."

"Rather than wring your hands with worry, set a goal to reduce your debt."

"The company has to find other ways to wring costs of the operations, like using less packaging or electricity."

albatross around one's deck

albatross around one's neck

phase. a heavy burden

The phrase refers to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem -- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner -- in which a sailor who shoots a friendly albatross is forced to wear its carcass around his neck as punishment.

“My old car is an albatross around my neck.”

"The company that he founded decades ago is now an albatross around his neck, making losses of several hundreds of thousands a year."

albatross

albatross    [al-buh-traws]

noun. 1) a type of very large seabird 2) a source of frustration or guilt

"We can't have a nominee be an albatross around the down-ballot races," Republican Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn talked about Donald Trump winning the GOP race.

"The cost of health insurance can be an albatross around the neck of any employer, large or small."

"The strong dollar has become an earnings albatross for Apple."

credence

credence     [KREED-ns] 

noun. belief in or acceptance of something as true

"Was there any credence to the old advice of giving the lid of your soda can a rinse, or at least a good wipe with a towel or napkin?  It is actually a pretty good idea to do so."

"None of the later historians has given any credence to this theory."

“She gave credence to the gossip."