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English
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
in the way
- (idiomatic) obstructing, blocking, or hindering
I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists were in the way.
- (dated) Around; present; able to be found.
1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, , →OCLC:First thing on the Monday morning, I went to the haberdasher's shop, opposite Mr. Trinkle's, the great upholsterer's in Cheapside. "Mr. Phibbs in the way?"
Translations
obstructing
- Cherokee: ᎠᎬᏱᏗᏣ (agvyiditsa)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 阻住 (zo2 zyu6)
- Mandarin: 妨礙 / 妨碍 (zh) (fáng'ài), 阻礙 / 阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 造成不便 (zàochéng bùbiàn)
- Danish: i vejen
- Finnish: tiellä (fi), edessä (fi)
- French: sur le passage, gêner (fr) (verb), dans les pattes (fr)
- German: im Weg
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἐμποδών (empodṓn)
- Hungarian: útban
- 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
- Latin: obvius
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: i veien
- Nynorsk: i vegen
- Plautdietsch: emwäaj
- Polish: na przeszkodzie
- Portuguese: no caminho
- Romanian: în cale
- Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ) (verb - "to interfere"), на пути́ (na putí), под нога́ми (pod nogámi) (underfoot), препя́тствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovatʹ)
- Spanish: en todo el medio, en medio del camino, atravesado (es) m
- Swedish: i vägen (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
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