in the way

English

Prepositional phrase

(idiomatic) obstructing, blocking, or hindering
I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists were in the way.

Translations

obstructing

Chinese:
Cantonese: 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶)

Mandarin: 妨礙 (zh), 妨碍 (zh) (fáng'ài), 阻礙 (zh), 阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 造成不便 (zàochéng bùbiàn)
Finnish: tiellä, edessä (fi)
French: sur le passage, gêner (fr) (verb)
German: im Weg
Icelandic: standa fyrir, vera fyrir

Italian: tra i piedi
Japanese: 邪魔になる (ja) (じゃまになる, jama ni naru)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: no caminho
Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ) (verb - "to interfere"), на пути́ (na putí), под нога́ми (pod nogámi) (underfoot), препя́тствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovatʹ)
Swedish: i vägen (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can

See also

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