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Svårigheter - Lägger till komplexitet

Dyk ner i engelska idiom som relaterar till att lägga till komplexitet, som "muddy the waters" och "fly in the ointment".

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to cook one's goose

to prevent someone from achieving success by destroying their plans

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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

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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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