in the way | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Obstructing,blocking, orhindering.I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists werein the way.1955July, R. S. McNaught, “"Foreign" Engine Workings”, inRailway Magazine, page497:The pre-grouping railway managements were very chary about allowing other people's trains on their territory, and there were many instances where running powers granted by Act of Parliament were never actually excercised because of difficulties deliberately putin the way.; (dated)Around; present; able to be found.1850September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, inCharles Dickens, editor,Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number25, 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. Phibbsin the way?"

Examples:

EN: You belong to me, and whatever is in the way, I will destroy!
ES: ¡Vos me pertenecéis, y cualquier cosa que se interponga, será destruída!
EN: But you place many obstacles in the way of that freedom!
ES: ¡Pero usted obstruye el medio de esa libertad con múltiples obstáculos!
EN: Well, I made a drawing of the whole place showing the hills. It's a built-up scheme, without cutting down the hill or having it get in the way.
ES: Es una construcción, sin atravesar la colina y ni siquiera estorba.
EN: Money means a lot in the way of comfort and peace.
ES: El dinero significa mucho. Ofrece comodidades y tranquilidad.
EN: And no man who loves a girl like that and has a chance to call her wife will let his pride stand in the way.
ES: Y ningún hombre que ame a una chica así y tenga la oportunidad de hacerla su esposa dejará que su orgullo se interponga en el camino.
EN: Our dogs, headed by Scotty, an Airedale with a Viking's heart, pursued the hippos and got in the way of the guns.
ES: Nuestros perros, encabezados por Scotty, un terrier con corazón de vikingo, persiguió a los hipopótamos y se interpuso en el camino de las armas.
EN: "I've been assured that as far as the empire is concerned, little stands in the way of dethronement."
ES: Tengo la garantía de que, por parte del Reino... no van a haber ninguna clase de dificultades para el destronamiento.
EN: It was something in the way she looked at you that made me want to kill her.
ES: Había algo en la forma en que la mirabas que me dieron ganas de matarla.
EN: Are you looking for something in the way of shoes?
ES: ¿Busca algún modelo en concreto?
EN: Daffodils are lovely this time of year, but they're in the way.
ES: Los narcisos son divinos en esta época del año, pero estorban.
EN: I won't stand in the way of your conquests any longer.
ES: No voy a quedarme mucho tiempo en tu camino de éxitos.
EN: I can feel it, too, in the way he acts.
ES: También lo noto en sus reacciones.
EN: She can't insult me in the way and get away with it.
ES: Ella no puede insultarme y salirse con la suya.
EN: Well. Well no, not in the way I used to.
ES: Bueno no del mismo modo que antes.
EN: My text is from Proverbs. "A lion is in the way.
ES: Leeré un texto de los Proverbios.

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