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edgeways adv.1.刀刃(邊緣)朝外(朝前)。2.沿邊;從旁邊。...

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Old hank bunker done it once , and bragged about it ; and in less than two years he got drunk and fell off of the shot - tower , and spread himself out so that he was just a kind of a layer , as you may say ; and they slid him edgeways between two barn doors for a coffin , and buried him so , so they say , but i didn t see it 老漢克朋格這么干過一回,還大吹大擂的,不到兩年,他喝醉后,從制彈塔上摔下來,摔得簡直可說是象一張薄餅,攤在地上。人家把倉房的兩扇門板作為棺材,把他的尸體給塞了進去。這是人家這么說的,我沒有親見。

I think it difficult for him to get a word in edgeways , because all the chatterboxes are not here 例3 :我想他插上話并不難,因為那些喜歡饒舌頭的人都不在。

Honestly , that man could talk the hind legs off a donkey . i couldn ' t get a word in edgeways 坦率地說,那個男人簡直是口若懸河。我一句都插不上。

Not get a word in edgewise edgeways 而且一般大部分是用否定方式

He talk so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways 他講得滔滔不絕,別人都無法插嘴。

He talks so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways . 他講得太多了,別人一句話也插不上嘴。

He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in edgeways . 他說個沒完,別人半句話也插不進。