wheels within wheels

wheels within wheels
wheels within wheels
Said of a situation in which a complication of influences is at work
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Main Entry: ↑wheel

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wheels within wheels british informal phrase
used for saying that something is complicated and involves a lot of things that you do not understand
Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym
Main entry: wheel

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used to indicate that a situation is complicated and affected by secret or indirect influences

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wheels within wheels
: a situation that is complex and difficult to deal with because it involves many different things

The problem seems simple at first, but there are wheels within wheels.

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Main Entry: ↑wheel

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ˌwheels within ˈwheels idiom
a situation which is difficult to understand because it involves complicated or secret processes and decisions

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

Main entry: ↑wheelidiom

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