machinery

• Full throttle

  To operate at maximum speed or effort, giving one's complete energy or resources to a task.

• Screw loose

  To have a screw loose means someone is behaving in a peculiar, irrational, or slightly mad way.

• A wrench in the works

  Something that unexpectedly disrupts a plan or process and causes significant problems.

• To gum up the works

  To cause a system, plan, or process to slow down, become inefficient, or stop working effectively.