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Difficulté - Ajouter de la complexité

Plongez dans des expressions anglaises liées à l'ajout de complexité, comme « muddy the waters » et « fly in the onguent ».

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English idioms related to Difficulty
to cook one's goose

to prevent someone from achieving success by destroying their plans

causer la perte de, contrecarrer les plans de

causer la perte de, contrecarrer les plans de

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to give somebody enough rope to hang oneself

to give someone an opportunity to act freely with the intention of hurting them

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to play hard to get

to not easily give a person something that they need or want from one

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to queer one's pitch

to prevent someone from achieving what they want by creating problems for them

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to rain on one's parade

to ruin what someone has planned or not allow them enjoy something

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to throw a (monkey) wrench into the works

to slow down a plan or activity or prevent it from going on

mettre des bâtons dans les roues

mettre des bâtons dans les roues

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to tie oneself (up) in knots

to do something that makes oneself overly worried or confused

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to upset the apple cart

to cause problems, often by ruining or interrupting something that was planned

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to muddy the waters

to complicate a simple situation

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to put the kibosh on something

to make an attempt to prevent something from continuing or happening

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to knock the wind out of somebody

to do something, particularly something others do not expect, in order to make them feel less confident or important

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to cast a shadow over something

to create a sense of negativity and hopelessness regarding a particular thing or situation

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fly in the ointment

a person or thing that ruins an otherwise positive or enjoyable situation

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to put a damper on something

to lessen or decrease the enjoyment, strength, or activity of something

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to take the gilt off the gingerbread

to cause something to be less enjoyable as it could be

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