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.
- He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.
他一直说个不停,他们都插不上嘴。