英语词汇“edgeways”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

edgeways

(edʒweɪz )

language note: The spelling edgewise (edʒwaɪz ) is also used, especially in American English.

not get a word in edgeways phrase

If you say that you cannot get a word in edgeways, you are complaining that you do not have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much. [informal, disapproval]

He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.

Idioms:

get a word in edgeways [British] or get a word in edgewise

to manage to say something even though someone else is talking so much

For heaven's sake, Sue, will you let me get a word in edgeways!

单词	edgeways
释义	edgeways (edʒweɪz ) language note: The spelling edgewise (edʒwaɪz ) is also used, especially in American English. not get a word in edgeways phrase If you say that you cannot get a word in edgeways, you are complaining that you do not have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much. [informal, disapproval] He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways. Idioms: get a word in edgeways [British] or get a word in edgewise to manage to say something even though someone else is talking so much For heaven's sake, Sue, will you let me get a word in edgeways! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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