Translations for „edgewise“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

edgeways [ˈedʒweız], edgewise [ˈedʒwaız] ADV

edgeways

以刃向外 yǐ rèn xiàng wài

edgeways

从旁边 cóng pángbiān

Phrases:

get a word in edgeways [or edgewise]

插嘴 chāzuǐ

Usage examples with edgewise

get a word in edgeways [or edgewise]

插嘴 chāzuǐ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Get the two of them together, and it can be hard to get a word in edgewise between their constant ribbing or ignore their spritely mannerisms.

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Put six sets of 12-year-old twins in the same room and you might not get a word in edgewise.

sammamishreview.com

Unprovoked bursts of laughter and tongue-in-cheek comments sneak edgewise into her business-like responses to the series of interviews slotted out for her.

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Too bad they couldn't get a word in edgewise.

piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com

They have really tinny and nasal voices and have lousy articulation; they talk a blue streak and don't let their guests get a word in edgewise!

entertainment.inquirer.net

You didn't get a word in edgewise -- she could go on and on, and she did.

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I even managed to get a word in edgewise myself when his name came up in our group chat the other day.

edmontonjournal.com

The test specimen is loaded in three-point bending in the edgewise direction.

en.wikipedia.org

The marginal characters barely get in a word edgewise and before that scared lieutenant gets the first bite of a banana into his trembling mouth, the siren goes off.

www.canindia.com

They could hardly find the words... mostly because the wiley old pros refused to let them get any in edgewise.

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