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Definition 2024

in_the_way

in the way

English

Adjective

in the way ‎(comparative more in the way, superlative most 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.

Translations

obstructing

Chinese:

Cantonese: 阻住 ‎(zo² zyu⁶)

Mandarin: 妨礙 (zh), 妨碍 (zh) ‎(fáng'ài), 阻礙 (zh), 阻碍 (zh) ‎(zǔ'ài), 造成不便 ‎(zàochéng bùbiàn)
Finnish: tiellä, edessä (fi)
French: sur le passage, gêner (fr) (verb)
German: im Weg
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:
Portuguese: no caminho
Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf ‎(mešátʹ) (verb - "to interfere"), на пути́ ‎(na putí), под нога́ми ‎(pod nogámi) (underfoot), препя́тствовать (ru) ‎(prepjátstvovatʹ)
Swedish: i vägen (sv)
Thai:

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