wheel within a wheel
wheel within a wheel · wheels within wheels
A complication of circumstances, motives, etcA complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
» By the way, it also works with the wheel of a wheel mouse.
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1 senses(idiomatic, in the plural, often)A complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
Examples
3 sentencesBy the way, it also works with the wheel of a wheel mouse.
There are wheels within wheels.
Dollies have four wheels. The two-wheeled jobs are called hand trucks.
Origin
From the Bible, Book of Ezekiel, 1:16.From the Bible, Book of Ezekiel, 1:16.
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Forms
plural: wheels within wheels| Singular | wheel within a wheel |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.