Lesson
If you "can't get a word in edgeways", this means that you have no chance to say anything.- So many people were trying to speak that I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
- Kate never stops talking. It's difficult to get a word in edgewise.
- Sorry, I've lost my train of thought after that interruption. What was I saying?
- I haven't a clue what the capital of Kazakhstan is. Can you help me?
- I'm trying to assemble this IKEA table and I can't make head nor tail of the instructions.
- I was going to send it to you but I'm afraid it completely slipped my mind.
- I'm not sure if I should fly to London or take the train. I'm really caught between two stools on this one.
- It's supposed to be a telephone and an MP3 player but it falls between two stools and isn't very good at either.
- What's her name again? It's on the tip of my tongue.
- It beats me why this car won't start. Everything appears OK with it.
- He tried to explain the problem with the reactor but I'm afraid it just went over my head.
- I've been racking my brain trying to remember the name of that lawyer we met last year in Dubai.