TODAY'S IDIOM: GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS / EDGEWISE

"GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS / EDGEWISE"

 

If you can't get a word in edgeways, you can't say anything because someone else is talking so much.

Example: Cindy got so excited when she was talking that nobody else could get a word in edgeways.

Captar una sola palabra.

Example sentences:

• Sam couldn't get a word in edgeways because Cindy was talking too much / Sam no podía captar una sola palabra porque Cindy estaba hablando demasiado.

• Mary talks so fast that nobody can get a word in edgeways / Mary habla tan rápido que nadie pudo captar una sola palabra.

Additional examples:

• I'd go to the meetings more often if I could get a word in edgeways.

• Harold talked so much that nobody else could get a word in edgewise.

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