考研英语大纲常考词组短语 get a word in edgeways


释义：

get a word in edgeways 插嘴

例句：


When Mary starts talking, no one else can get a word in edgeways.

玛丽讲起话来，别人谁也插不上嘴。



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。



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。



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.