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121throw a spanner in the works — verb (UK) To be a problem, dilemma or obstacle, something unexpected or troublesome. Half way through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected …
122ring spanner — ring ,spanner noun count a BOX END WRENCH …
123put a spanner in the works — Meaning Deliberately causing mayhem. John Lennon used a play on this in his book A Spaniard in the Works . Like most of us growing up in Britain in the 1950s Lennon was a fan of Professor Stanley Unwin a comic turn who spoke in a stream of… …
124box spanner — noun Brit. a cylindrical spanner with a hexagonal end fitting over the head of a nut …
125ring spanner — noun a spanner in which the jaws form a ring which fits completely around a nut …
126crescent spanner — /ˈkrɛzənt spænə/ (say krezuhnt spanuh) noun Chiefly WA and Tasmania → shifting spanner. Also, crescent wrench …
127ring spanner — /ˈrɪŋ spænə/ (say ring spanuh) noun a spanner with an enclosed opening that goes over the face of a nut or bolt, providing grip …
128adjusting spanner — See brake adjusting spanner …
