Meaning of wheel within a wheel | Babel Free

Definitions

A complication of circumstances, motives, etc.

idiomatic, in-plural, often

Examples

“The fact is, there’s something I rather wanted to call⟳ to your attention. You don’t know⟳ it, but for private and personal reasons I particularly want⟳ to hold⟳ this Tiny Tots job for a year. There are wheels within wheels. It’s a sort⟳ of bet⟳, as a matter⟳ of fact. Have⟳ you ever met a girl called Gertrude Butterwick?… However, it’s a long story and I won’t bother you with it now. But you can take⟳ it from me that there definitely are wheels within wheels and unless I continue⟳ in your employment, till somewhere around the middle of next June, my life will be a blank and all my hopes and dreams shattered.”

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