| 释义 |
put/throw a spanner in the works
put/throw a spanner in the works (US throw a (monkey) wrench in the works)
► F0 to do something that prevents a plan or activity from succeeding: » The funding for the project was withdrawn so that really threw a spanner in the works.Thesaurus+: ↑Preventing and impeding , ↑Limiting and restricting |