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Prepositional phrase [ edit ]
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 .
( 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 )
Spanish: en todo el medio , en medio del camino
Swedish: i vägen (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can