Alcatraz around (my)
neck
Confuses the bad reputation of a famous
prison with that of the speaker in Coleridge’s famous poem, The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner, who brings misfortune on the ship by killing an albatross, and whose fellow sailors force him to wear it around his neck in penance. Boston’s mayor
from 1993–2014, Thomas Menino, was famous for malapropisms—including this
goof. Recent example: “I always
found a job to be like an Alcatraz around my neck.” http://www.npaper-wehaa.com
retrieved 3 may 2014
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