wheels within wheels

釋義

1. 錯綜複雜；盤根錯節

   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.這個機構裡錯綜複雜，你永遠搞不清到底是怎麼回事。

電影裡這樣說 · 2 部

• 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

在完整場景裡學

• 薩勒姆的女巫2014
  • 為女巫流言逼問侄女：at stake（岌岌可危）
  • 招魂後指認女巫：conjure up（召喚亡靈）
  • 威脅女孩們封口：breathe a word（走漏半點風聲）

同一詞條的短語

• a cog in the machine
• grease the wheels
• oil the wheels
• reinvent the wheel
• put your shoulder to the wheel
• put a spoke in wheel
• wheel and deal
• wheel out