hit a snag

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hit a snag (third-person singular simple present hits a snag, present participle hitting a snag, simple past and past participle hit a snag)

1. (idiomatic) To encounter an unexpected problem or delay.

   Their plans to finish the garden that weekend hit a snag when an unseasonal snowfall dropped several inches on what should have become the pumpkin patch that day.

   • 2020 September 24, Cynthia Greenlee, “Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them.”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Ms. Harris opted for buying hair and getting a beautician to make it into a two “forever wigs,” right for her face and head measurements. Even so, she hit several snags. When her wigs arrived, one was just too full.

Translations

to encounter an unexpected problem or delay

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: op een moeilijkheid stuiten
• Finnish: törmätä ongelmaan, kohdata ongelma, kohdata vastoinkäyminen
• French: tomber sur un os (fr)
• German: hängenbleiben (de), auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: nehézségbe ütközik
• Spanish: encontrar un problema inesperado
• Swedish: stöta på patrull (sv), stöta på problem

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