The spelling edgewise 'edʒwaɪz/ is also used, especially in American English. 亦拼作edgewise /'edʒwaɪz/,尤用于美国英语中。
PHRASE 插不上嘴 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.
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