难以插话：在谈话中很难找到机会发表自己的意见，通常是因为其他人在不停地说话。
... get word 获得消息, 听说, 得知 get a word in edgeways 插嘴 get a word in edgewise 可能很难; 如果你正巧和一个非常健谈的人 ...
When Mary starts talking, no one else can get a word in edgeways.
玛丽讲起话来，别人谁也插不上嘴。
He talks so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways.
他讲得太多了，别人一句话也插不上嘴。
He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in edgeways.
他说个没完，别人半句话也插不进。
Mr Verhofstadt's crime, it seemed, was that he talks too much: at previous joint appearances, he had not allowed Mr Prodi to get a word in edgeways.
ECONOMIST: The head of the European Commission is losing his cool
But you didn't let him get a word in edgeways.
And, no, he couldn't get a word in edgeways.