in the way

English[edit]

(idiomatic) obstructing, blocking, or hindering
I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists were in the way.
(dated) Around; present; able to be found.
- 1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC:
  First thing on the Monday morning, I went to the haberdasher's shop, opposite Mr. Trinkle's, the great upholsterer's in Cheapside. "Mr. Phibbs in the way?"

obstructing

Cherokee: ᎠᎬᏱᏗᏣ (agvyiditsa)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶)

Mandarin: 妨礙／妨碍 (zh) (fáng'ài), 阻礙／阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 造成不便 (zàochéng bùbiàn)
Finnish: tiellä (fi), edessä (fi)
French: sur le passage, gêner (fr) (verb), dans les pattes (fr)
German: im Weg
Greek:
Ancient: ἐμποδών (empodṓn)
Hungarian: útban
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: please add this translation if you can
Latin: obvius
Plautdietsch: emwäaj
Polish: na przeszkodzie
Portuguese: no caminho
Romanian: în cale
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: please add this translation if you can