wheel within a wheel



wheel within a wheel

Something that is very complex and perhaps overly complicated. The phrase originated in the Bible. I can't figure out how to turn off this alarm system—it's really a wheel within a wheel.
See also: wheel, within

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EmilE-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,
Rayna (2)-Yiddish
RÁHel-Hungarian
Seong-Hosung-hoKorean
Barney['bɑ:ni]
Bidelia-Irish