monkey-wrench

His life was luxurious yet humble, and when he's thrown the mother of all curve balls -- more of a monkey-wrench -- he has to face a hard life while still being surrounded by an idyllic setting and more money than he can shake a stick at.

Archive 2010-03-01

It's just that it can have an insidious way of throwing a monkey-wrench in my initial plans for a story.

Research, Schmesearch

The obligatory monkey-wrench comes in the form of the apparent resurrection of Blackwood from the grave and a new plot to bring London to its knees.

Rabid Rewind: Sherlock Holmes

But the no-deals ultimatum coming from the activists could throw a serious monkey-wrench into what appear to be fast-moving negotiations between Republican and Democratic leaders to keep the government running past March 4, when the current budget resolution expires.

Raucous First Caucus For House Tea Partiers Exposes Dangerous Rifts

Bernie Sanders is crazy – socialists generally are – but if he can throw a monkey-wrench into the Democrats health-care welfare idiocy, great.

The other Independent who could sink health care

For fear that he might drop the monkey-wrench he made it fast to his wrist with his handkerchief.

The Banks of the Sacramento

With him he carried the monkey-wrench and short iron bar and a few spare feet of rope.

The Banks of the Sacramento

In the tool-box by the drum he found an old monkey-wrench and a short bar of iron, also a coil of fairly new Manila rope.

The Banks of the Sacramento

He went below with a monkey-wrench, unscrewed the nut, and let the hook drop off.

Charley's Coup

Allowing the monkey-wrench tactics to succeed in stalling things OTOH has only reinforced the seeming soundness of every GOP rep and Senator stubbornly sticking to that strategy, to make Obama FAIL.

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