poner palos en las ruedas

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Meanings:

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
- To obstruct, hinder, or create difficulties deliberately that prevent progress or the successful completion of an undertaking.
2.
SpainLatin Americaneutralliteral
- To place sticks or other objects in the spokes or mechanism of a wheel; the literal action underlying the idiom.

Examples:

ES: Estamos así de cerca de conseguir el algoritmo definitivo y usted quiere poner palos en las ruedas.
EN: We're this close to a workable targeting algorithm. And you want to stick a wrench in the gears.

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