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词汇 sand-in-the-gears
语种 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译
释义

sand in the gears


idiom
something that causes a problem or prevents something from happening as it should:
Falling house prices are the sand in the gears that are causing growth to grind to a halt.
They have to share part of the blame if there's too much sand in the gears of the legislative process.
See also
throw sand in the gears
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