Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

Вставлять палки в колёса

Vsta-vlyat' pal-kee v ko-lyo-sa

Literally

stick sticks into the wheels

What it really means

To deliberately obstruct / sabotage.

workplace complaints about someone blocking progress

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Russian, taken literally

Кот наплакалa cat cried [this much]Вешать лапшу на ушиto hang noodles on [someone's] earsНе в своей тарелкеnot in one's own plateРуки не доходятthe hands don't reach [it]Зарубить на носуcarve a notch on [your] noseДелать видto make a view