If you turn it edgeways you'll get the desk through the door. 你把书桌斜过来就能通过这道门.
He talk so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways. 他讲得滔滔不绝,别人都无法插嘴。
edgeways
[ adv ]
as if by an edge; barely
<adv.all> I could not get a word in edgewise
with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
<adv.all> he sawed the board edgeways held it edgewise
Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
{to get a word in edgewise} to succeed in expressing an opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Note: the form {edgeways} is now uncommon. [PJC]
Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. --Sir W. Scott.
Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
{to get a word in edgewise} to succeed in expressing an opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Note: the form {edgeways} is now uncommon. [PJC]
Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. --Sir W. Scott.