get a word in edgeways

뜻

to manage to speak while someone else keeps talking

남이 계속 말하는 사이에 겨우 말을 끼워 넣다.

예문

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?

문법

주로 can't, couldn't, hardly와 함께 쓴다. get만 바뀐다: got. 미국식으로는 edgewise라고 한다.