Question

write an incident that became an albatross around your neck

Answer 1

The origin of the term lies in Samuel Taylor Coleridgea™s classic ballad, a˜The Rime of the Ancient Marinera™. It means to carry the burden of guilt. In the poem, the marinera™s ship gets stuck in ice at the South Pole.

At that juncture, an albatross flies over the ship and eventually guides the sailors to safe waters. But once they are safe, the mariner impulsively shoots down the divine bird with his arrow.

Soon after this, the ship stalls again, a heat wave occurs and the sailors are starved of water. The sailors then hang the dead albatross around the marinera™s neck to remind him of his criminal deed.