I'll set the wheels in motion as soon as I arrive and we'll stop when and if we hit a rock.

我到了之后会立刻开始处理，遇到问题的话我们就得停下来。

However, I am fully seized of your requirements, minister, and if you excuse me I'll go and set the wheels in motion.

不过，我完全理解您的要求，大臣。请允许我这就去让这件事情运作起来。

It only took one phone call to set the wheels in motion.

【wheel】只打了一个电话就让事情运作起来了。

For man is so constituted that he can only attain a proper use of his faculties by exercising them, and will not exercise them unless necessity, of some kind, first set the wheels in motion.

因为人是这样构成的，他只能通过锻炼才能正确使用他的才能，除非有某种必要，否则他不会使用它们，首先让轮子运转起来。

That is why companies like Lockheed have been forced to make advance payments to suppliers to set the wheels in motion for higher production—a move that requires big cojones without firm orders from the Pentagon.

这就是为什么像洛克希德这样的公司被迫向供应商支付预付款以启动更高产量的轮子——此举需要在没有来自五角大楼的确定订单的情况下大干一场。