GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS and OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY

From Sampath’s Desk:

GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS (or) GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE and OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY:


GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS (or) GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE:

Meaning:

If you say that you can't get a word in edgeways (edgewise), you are complaining that you don't have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much.

 

ஒரு உரையாடலில், ஒருவர் மற்றவரை/மற்றவர்களை பேசவிடாமல் தானே முழுவதும் பேசிக்கொண்டிருப்பது.

 

 

Example sentences:

 

Once Murali gets talking, no one else can GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.

 

He completely monopolized the conversation last night; Jayanthi and I couldn’t GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.

 

I tried to tell him what I thought, but couldn’t GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.

 

It was such an exciting conversation that I could hardly GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.

 

Geetha talks so fast and non-stop that nobody can GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE.

 

He spent all the time talking and none else could GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE.

 

 

 

OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY:

 

Meaning:

 

Suddenly and without any warning – totally unexpected(ly) 

 

 

Example sentences:

   

She seemed so surprised by the news that it must have come OUT OF A CLEAR SKY. 

 

You need to work hard. Opportunities don’t just appear OUT OF THE CLEAR SKY. 

 

The September 11 terror attack on the twin towers in New York took place OUT OF THE CLEAR SKY.

 

This scandal didn’t come OUT OF A CLEAR SKY; one could smell the rat for quite some time.

 

 

Proverb:

 

வீம்பு பேசுகிறவன் அழிவான், வீரியம் பேசுகிறவன் விழுவான்.

A boaster will be ruined, he who talks as a hero will fall.



 

 (R.SAMPATH)

22/9/2021

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