Sentences with phrase «monkey wrench»

Such situations tend to invite monkey wrenching, and that's apparently what happened earlier this week.

Players take control of Irish racecar driver - turned - resistance fighter Sean Devlin in his quest for revenge as he attempts to throw monkey wrenches into various Nazi operations.

Life is full of monkey wrenches in case you haven't noticed and it does not make it easy for us to get our workouts and meals in.

Alfa Romeo, in the form of the new 164 series of sport / luxury sedans, has tossed a huge monkey wrench into the smooth - running machinery that has propelled BMW, Mercedes - Benz, Acura and others into the hearts, minds and garages of upscale Americans.

Your newborn throws a major monkey wrench into your routine!

«It's those kinds of things that throw a real monkey wrench into coho survival.»

Apart from the hit to the P&L and the giant monkey wrench thrown into operations, there was one additional hurdle to contend with — and this one would be a heck of a challenge for the company's food scientists: Under no circumstances, for any of Hershey's classic products, could the taste change.

One potential monkey wrench in News Corps plans is the announcement that Yahoo is launching their own advertising exchange network.

Real life has a way of throwing the proverbial monkey wrench into well - laid plans and making a mockery of projections.

With the participation of Shannon Elizabeth, «American Wedding» would've had a better monkey wrench than dead flowers to thwart the wedding.

The unfortunate monkey wrench in the Genesis recounting is the use of the word «day» as a term meaning «era».

Here's where I throw a most wonderful monkey wrench into the works.

But given the primary monkey wrench thrown into the race by the presidential primary, turning out the vote remains a challenge, Jacobs said.

It wouldn't be a Kojima production without some crazy monkey wrench thrown into the plot, changing your perception of the entire MGS universe, and there's definitely some wrenches here.

an ethic of «Deep Ecology» justifies «using all the tools in the tool box - ranging from grassroots organizing [to] monkey wrenching [which includes] ecotage, ecodefense, billboard bandits, desurveying, road reclamation, tree spiking.»

But unfortunately for the union, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has thrown a million dollar monkey wrench into the works.

The new Audi 100 CS could toss a big, greasy monkey wrench into the smooth - running Asian machinery that has been steering luxury car buyers away from European cars in general and away from Audi in particular.

Vehicle Information LOTUS ELISE 111R 2004 (04) REGISTERED 01/03/2004 CHASSIS: SCCPA11154HN31337 MONKEY WRENCH STROKER 1.93 L ENGINE SUPERCHARGED / CHARGE COOLED 302 BHP AT THE HUBS HISTORY: 39900 miles from new.

GM then throws a further monkey wrench in the gears — terminology-wise — with its midsize pickups, including the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado.

If you have low - to - middling credit scores, a high loan - to - value ratio, and / or other monkey wrenches like a manufactured home or condo, HARP may be better than traditional financing — there is a 2 % cap on fees, while normal refinances can have much higher surcharges depending on the strength of your application.

Rather than worry about this unexpected monkey wrench in your job - search agenda, use it as an opportunity to demonstrate your great communication skills to the employer and take advantage of the additional interview preparation time.

Used monkey wrenches, screw drivers, pliers tweezers, rivet guns, power drills and hand drills for assembling

In forcing job candidates to run a rather daunting gauntlet, renowned chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay always tosses in an extra monkey wrench.

High property taxes are monkey wrenches when calculating investment numbers.

Alfa Romeo, in the form of the new 164 series of sport / luxury sedans, has tossed a huge monkey wrench into the smooth running machinery that has propelled BMW, Mercedes - Benz, Acura and others into the hearts, minds and garages of upscale Americans.

After that we had a bit of a discussion about liquidity, and how difficult it is to explain as well as how it can throw monkey wrenches into the best financial plans.

Having bad credit can throw a major monkey wrench into a lot of activities that should feel ordinary — renting a car, making vacation reservations, even applying for an apartment lease!

I know it can be seriously inconvenient, but using any device that is on your employer's network can put a real monkey wrench into the works.

Retailers who insist on dictating the day and time of their deliveries throw a giant monkey wrench into this well - tuned system.

So what should you do to prevent the inflation from throwing the proverbial monkey wrench into your well - laid retirement plans?

Not only is there the transfer of data, but there is also the setting up and installation of programs, setting up preferences from scratch, and the little «monkey wrench in the machinery» aspect of not having all the necessary software (at least immediately).

Given Trump's talent for saying (and tweeting) more than previous presidents have seen fit to, it seems possible that the commander - in - chief may have inadvertently thrown a monkey wrench into Bergdahl's sentencing — and, in turn, offered one of the most reviled figures of the Global War on Terror a get - out - of - jail - free card.

Trump's tariffs just threw a monkey wrench in Ford's plan to use aluminum for trucks, the New York Times reports.

I have found that my own inner dialogue acts as a catalyst to propel my business to higher levels and also at times has been the monkey wrench that grinds it to a halt.

Throwing a monkey wrench into the Trump rally was fresh uncertainty House Republicans could successfully repeal and replace Obamacare, one of their headline campaign promises for seven years now.

A monkey wrench was just thrown at the financial markets and we can see all stocks around the world reacting to the news.

The NEB denial now forces Kinder Morgan to remain financially responsible for its subsidiary, throwing a monkey wrench into its plan to put no capital on the line for the pipeline.

But there's one barrier in particular that is sure to throw a monkey wrench into the works if you don't attack it head - on: lack of executive support.

About 1000 different people involved, and many of them in a position to throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing.

I love this argument because a lot of the «Right to Lifers» are «Pro-Life for everyone» BUT are you also pro-death penalty?!? What if one innocent man is put to death, and it has happened, doesn't that kind of throw a monkey wrench into that theory?

At the least you have thrown a monkey wrench in their new works and at worst caused them to turn from God.

Hawking was straight forward at least to acknowledge the fact fine tuning throws a monkey wrench in their no god needed speculations.

Humans threw in monkey wrench, God extracted monkey wrench

If he were still an only child it would all be a breeze, but our beloved one year old wild child puts a monkey wrench into the peace that having only one child was.