But this person came into my life and put a spanner in the works.

但此人走进我的生活并把扳手的作品。

youdao

Let's get this finished before the boss comes along and throws a spanner in the works.

我们把这个弄完吧，别等老板来了从中作梗。

youdao

The job would have been finished some time ago if you hadn't thrown a spanner in the works by supplying me with wrong materials.

如果不是因为你捣乱给我提供的原材料不对，这活已做完好些时了。

youdao

But last week, defence lawyer Bill Taylor QC put a spanner in the works.

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If true, that is a spanner in the works for those designing quantum gravity.

ECONOMIST: Planck-scale physics

But now members of the European Parliament have thrown a spanner in the works.

ECONOMIST: EU takeover rules