elbow room

See also: elbowroom

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Noun

elbow room (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Room or space in which to move or maneuver.

   There wasn't that much elbow room in the aircraft.

2. (idiomatic) Freedom or leeway.

   The employees really don't have much elbow room in which to explore new ideas.

Translations

room or space in which to move or maneuver

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空間／空间 (zh) (kōngjiān), 空间 (zh) (kōngjiān)

• Danish: albuerum n
• Finnish: kyynärpäätila
• French: place (fr) f, espace (fr) m
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mozgástér
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 余地 (よち, yochi), 余裕 (ja) (よゆう, yoyū)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n

  Nynorsk: olbogerom n

• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: armbågsrum (sv) n, utrymme (sv) n

freedom or leeway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由度 (zh) (zìyóudù), 餘地／余地 (yúdì), 余地 (zh) (yúdì), 退路 (zh) (tuìlù)

• Danish: albuerum n
• Finnish: tila (fi)
• French: liberté d’action f, marge de manœuvre (fr) f
• Hungarian: mozgástér
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 余地 (よち, yochi), 自由裁量 (じゆうさいりょう, jiyūsairyō)
• Korean: elbow room (elbow room)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n

  Nynorsk: olbogerom n

• Swedish: spelrum (sv) n