"spanner in the works" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spanners in the works",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spanners in the works"
      },
      "expansion": "spanner in the works (plural spanners in the works)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "throw a spanner in the works",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "put a spanner in the works",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning."
      ],
      "id": "en-spanner_in_the_works-en-noun-QKPxu2F0",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK) Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "monkey wrench in the works"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spanner in the works"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spanners in the works",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spanners in the works"
      },
      "expansion": "spanner in the works (plural spanners in the works)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with collocations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "throw a spanner in the works",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "put a spanner in the works",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK) Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "monkey wrench in the works"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spanner in the works"
}