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The Russian-English Dictionary: the American edition.
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вставлять палки в колёса

throw a monkey wrench into the works

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А старый хрыч (то есть мой дядюшка) не будет вставлять палки в колеса, на чем бы мы ни порешили, он еще нынче утром говорил Пекснифу, что если вам это по душе, то он не против.
As to crossbones (my uncle, I mean), he's sure not to put a spoke in the wheel, whatever we settle on, for he told Pecksniff only this morning, that if YOU liked it he'd nothing at all to say.
Диккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь и приключения Мартина ЧезлвитаDickens, Charles / Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Жизнь и приключения Мартина Чезлвита
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1960
— Энниас пытается стать главой Церкви, а мы вставим ему палки в колеса с помощью церковного закона.
'Annias is trying to become the head of the church, and we use church law to spike his wheel.
Эддингс, Дэвид / Рубиновый рыцарьEddings, David / The Ruby Knight
The Ruby Knight
Eddings, David
© 1990 by David Eddings
Рубиновый рыцарь
Эддингс, Дэвид

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вставлять палки в колёса
throw a monkey wrench into the works

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  1. 1.

    throw a wrench

    translation added by Alexander Аkimov
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  2. 2.

    put a spoke in sb's wheel

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