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. 插不上嘴 [informal, disapproval]
He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.