كيف تنطق "get a word in edgeways"

expression

GET uh WURD in EJ-wayz

get uh WUHRD in EJ-wayz

التعريف

To be able to say something in a conversation when someone else is talking a lot and barely lets others speak.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɡɛt/, /ˈɡɪt/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈwɝd/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈɛdʒˌweɪz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ɡˈɛt/ /æɪ/ /wˈɜːd/ /ˈɪn/ /ˈɛdʒweɪz

أمريكي

GET uh WURD in EJ-wayz

بريطاني

get uh WUHRD in EJ-wayz

She spoke so much that I couldn't get a word in edgeways.

It's hard to get a word in edgeways during his lectures.

If you want to get a word in edgeways, you have to interrupt.

With everyone shouting, it was nearly impossible to get a word in edgeways.