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O que (quem) é edgeways - definição
edgeways
Note: The spelling 'edgewise' is also used, especially in American English.
If you say that you cannot get a word in edgeways, you are complaining that you do not have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much. (INFORMAL)
He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.
PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval]
edgeways
(US edgewise)
¦ adverb Brit. with the edge uppermost or towards the viewer.
Phrases
get a word in edgeways [usu. with negative] manage to contribute to a conversation with a voluble person.
Edgeways
·adv ·Alt. of Edgewise.
Exemplos do corpo de texto para edgeways
1. It was a marvel, frankly, how this guide managed to get a word in edgeways.
2. If you just talk back over him, he doesn‘t mind, like." "You don‘t get a word in edgeways," Charley moaned.
3. She stood at the dispatch box for more than an hour trying to get a word in edgeways about her Health Bill.
4. "I am feeling very happy because I have got my love," says Ashwani in a rare moment when he is able to get a word in edgeways.
5. "All of Sharon ‘s anger came out, no one else could get a word in edgeways and most of the people in the room were standing there with their mouths open.