| 单词 | put a spoke in somebody's wheel |
| 释义 | put a spoke in somebody's wheel to prevent somebody's plans from succeeding [said to refer to the spoke or pin put through a hole in a solid cartwheel to slow it down when going downhill; or spoke may be a misunderstanding of the Dutch word spaak (meaning ‘bar’ or ‘stave’) used in the Dutch form of the phrase.]Main Entry: spoke |
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