| English | Russian |
| hamster in the spinning wheel | белка в колесе (trtrtr) |
| like a hamster in the spinning wheel | как белка в колесе (like the proverbial hamster in the spinning wheel trtrtr) |
| put a spoke in one's wheel | вставлять палки в колёса |
| put a spoke in the wheel | вставлять палки в колеса (To disrupt, foil, or cause problems to one's plan, activity, or project.: I had everything in line for the party, but having the caterer cancel on me at the last minute really put a spoke in my wheel. КГА) |
| put a spoke in the wheel | мешать (To disrupt, foil, or cause problems to one's plan, activity, or project.: I had everything in line for the party, but having the caterer cancel on me at the last minute really put a spoke in my wheel. КГА) |
| put a spoke in wheel | совать палки в колеса (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| put spokes in one's wheel | вставлять палки в колёса |
