få en syl i vädret

== Swedish == === Etymology === From få (“get”) +‎ en (“an”) +‎ syl (“awl”) +‎ i (“in”) +‎ vädret (“the air”), in reference to the air being so full with speech that not even an awl will fit. Compare Dutch een speld tussen krijgen. === Verb === få en syl i vädret (present får en syl i vädret, preterite fick en syl i vädret, supine fått en syl i vädret, imperative få en syl i vädret) (idiomatic, usually negated) to get a word in edgewise === References === “syl”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “syl”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “syl”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)