get a word in edgeways

意思

to manage to speak while someone else keeps talking

在別人說個不停時設法插話.

例句

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

多與 can't、couldn't 或 hardly 連用。只有 get 變化形式：got。美式英語用 edgewise。