“Throw a spanner in the works”in other languages
Sabotage a plan.
English
Dutch
Polish
Slovenian
Swedish
EnglishDutchPolishSlovenianSwedishSame idea, different pictures
Most of these jam something that should turn. English throws a wrench into the machinery, and Polish and Swedish stick a stick in the spokes or the wheel, włożyć kij w szprychy, sätta käppar i hjulet. Slovenian throws logs under someone's feet, metati polena pod noge.
Dutch throws soot in the food, roet in het eten gooien, spoiling the meal.
More sayings in other languages
- Throw in the towel
- Throw money down the drain
- Throw one's weight around
- Tie the knot
- Tighten one's belt
- Tilt at windmills
- Luck out
- Too big for one's britches
- The truth will out