YOU SAID:
you threw a spanner in the works
INTO JAPANESE
あなたは作品にスパナを投げました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
You threw a spanner at the work
INTO JAPANESE
あなたは仕事にスパナを投げました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
You threw a spanner at a job
INTO JAPANESE
あなたは仕事にスパナを投げました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
You threw a spanner at a job
That didn't even make that much sense in English.