be a drag (/hindrance/nuisance): become an encumbrance (/inconve nience) to (sb); be cumbersome (/cumbrous);hamper; hinder; impede; incommode; stand (/get/be)in the way (of sb)
? 有了孩子,會~,耽擱工夫。(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》 2) Children would be a drag and would slow down the work.
? 寶釵因說道: “咱們別在這里~?!?《紅樓夢》203) So Baochai suggested,“Let’s not stay here where we’re only in the way.”
礙手礙腳ài shǒu ài jiǎo
礙:妨礙,阻擋。指多方受阻,難以順利做事。也指使人感到做事不方便。be in the way, be a hindrance, obstructive, cumbersome, one too many, stand in the way