"grain de sable dans l’engrenage" meaning in Français

See grain de sable dans l’engrenage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

  1. Chose insignifiante ayant bloqué un processus plus important. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-grain_de_sable_dans_l’engrenage-fr-noun-3Oz3MBkZ Categories (other): Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: snag (Anglais), neznatna stvar koja koči (Croate)
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    "Composé de grain, sable et engrenage.",
    "→ voir grain de sable."
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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    "Composé de grain, sable et engrenage.",
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