wheels within wheels

Meaning

1. a situation which is difficult to understand because it involves complicated or secret processes and decisions

   There are wheels within wheels in this organization — you never really know what is going on.

In the movies · 2

• There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!The Crucible2014
• we are little men, we don't know the ins and outs of the matter, there are wheels within wheels, etc...Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991

Learn it in full scenes

• The Crucible2014
  • Parris Demands the Truth From Abigail
  • Ann Putnam Cries Witchcraft
  • Abigail Threatens the Girls

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