get a word in edgeways

意味

to manage to speak while someone else keeps talking

相手が話し続ける中で、なんとか口を挟む.

例文

1. 1Dad talked about his fishing trip all evening; nobody could get a word in edgeways.
2. 2I tried to explain, but Mum was so upset that I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
3. 3Marco talked for the whole meeting, so the rest of us couldn't get a word in edgeways.
4. 4Once my aunt starts on her favourite subject, you can hardly get a word in edgeways.
5. 5Did you get a word in edgeways, or did Priya do all the talking again?

文法

主に can't、couldn't、hardly と一緒に使う。変わるのは get だけ：got。edgewise はアメリカ英語の形。