| 单词 | to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw a monkey wrench into the machinery 2. figurative. An obstruction, a hindrance. Chiefly in to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery and variants: to cause trouble or confusion, to interfere disruptively (cf. to throw a spanner in the works at spanner n.1 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > hinder by interference interrupt1412 intervene1649 to break in1657 intercedea1661 to queer the pitch1846 to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery1907 to gum (up) the works1932 to throw a spanner in the works1934 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle hinderc1200 withsetting1340 obstaclec1385 traversea1393 mara1400 bayc1440 stoppagec1450 barrace1480 blocka1500 objecta1500 clog1526 stumbling-stone1526 bar1530 (to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548 stumbling-stock1548 hindrance1576 a log in one's way1579 crossbar1582 log1589 rub1589 threshold1600 scotch1601 dam1602 remora1604 obex1611 obstructiona1616 stumbling-blocka1616 fence1639 affront1642 retardance1645 stick1645 balk1660 obstruent1669 blockade1683 sprun1684 spoke1689 cross cause1696 uncomplaisance1707 barrier1712 obstruct1747 dike1770 abatis1808 underbrush1888 bunker1900 bump1909 sprag1914 hurdle1924 headwind1927 mudhole1933 monkey wrench1937 roadblock1945 1907 Chicago Tribune 30 July 7 It should look to them as if he were throwing a monkeywrench into the only market by visiting that Cincinnati circus upon the devoted heads of Kentucky's best customers. 1918 Amer. Econ. Rev. 8 21 Mr. A. Paladini, one of the larger wholesale dealers..threw a monkey wrench into the machinery of proposed fish distribution. 1931 Daily Express 16 Oct. 1/2 Mr. Lloyd George hurled a monkey wrench last night into the creaking and decrepit machinery of Liberalism. 1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning viii. 108 This morning..the proverbial monkey-wrench had landed squarely in the middle of the brittle machinery. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xi. 126 Just as I was about to squeeze the trigger an ebb wind threw the monkey wrench into the works. The rising ill-wind struck the back of our necks, carrying our scent down to the elephant. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Jan. e7/1 Even a one-day cancellation can throw a real monkey wrench into the schedule. < as lemmas |
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