get a word in edgeways
基本解释
- v. 插嘴
英汉例句
- He talks so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways.
他讲得太多了， 别人一句话也插不上嘴。
《新英汉大辞典》 - He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in edgeways.
他说个没完， 别人半句话也插不进。
《新英汉大辞典》 - Mr Verhofstadt's crime, it seemed, was that he talks too much: at previous joint appearances, he had not allowed Mr Prodi to get a word in edgeways.
ECONOMIST: The head of the European Commission is losing his cool