get a word in edgewise

English

Alternative forms

get a word in edgeways (British)

Verb

get a word in edgewise (US)

(usually in the negative) To break into or participate in a conversation.
Everyone was talking at once. I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

Usage notes

Comparative form is possible but rare.
Sometimes used with edgeways instead of edgewise.

Translations

to break into a conversation

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: բառ մեջ գցել (baṙ meǰ gcʿel), խոսք մեջ գցել (xoskʿ meǰ gcʿel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (interrupt) 插嘴 (zh) (chāzuǐ), (can't get a word in edgewise) 插不上嘴 (chābushàng zuǐ)
Dutch: een speld tussen krijgen
Finnish: saada sanomansa läpi
French: en placer une
German: ins Wort fallen

Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: impossibile controbattere, impossibile profferire parola
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: entrar no papo
Russian: вста́вить сло́во (vstávitʹ slóvo), вкли́ниться (ru) (vklínitʹsja) (coll.)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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