English Dictionary

wrench in the works

名詞

アメリカ英語

(US) Synonym of spanner in the works

日本語の意味

計画や物事の進行に予期しない障害や混乱をもたらす要因 / 物事の円滑な進行を妨げる予期せぬ問題やトラブル

The sudden funding cut was a real wrench in the works for our research project.

突然の資金削減は私たちの研究プロジェクトにとって思わぬ障害だった。

意味（1）

(US) Synonym of spanner in the works

Such a big staff, with ludicrously little to do, inevitably began interfering with arrangements made by the army commanders. Its actual efforts at coordination were from the start so many wrenches in the works.

wrenches in the works （ plural ）