elbow room

See also: elbowroom

English

Alternative forms

elbowroom

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

elbow room (uncountable)

Room (space) in which to move or maneuver.
Hypernyms: room, space, volume

Coordinate terms: breathing room, footroom, headroom, legroom, yardroom

There wasn't that much elbow room in the aircraft.
(figurative) 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)
Danish: albuerum n
Finnish: kyynärpää tila
French: place (fr) f, espace (fr) m
German: Ellbogenfreiheit f
Hungarian: mozgástér (hu)
Italian: libertà di manovra
Japanese: 余地 (ja) (よち, yochi), 余裕 (ja) (よゆう, yoyū)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n

Nynorsk: olbogerom n
Polish: przestrzeń (pl) f, miejsce (pl) n
Russian: ме́сто (ru) n (mésto)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: armbågsrum (sv) n, svängrum n, utrymme (sv) n

freedom or leeway

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自由度 (zh) (zìyóudù), 餘地 / 余地 (zh) (yúdì), 退路 (zh) (tuìlù)
Danish: albuerum n
Finnish: tila (fi)
French: liberté d'action f, marge de manœuvre (fr) f
German: Bewegungsfreiheit (de) f, Ellbogenfreiheit f, Spielraum (de) m
Hungarian: mozgástér (hu)
Italian: libertà di manovra
Japanese: 余地 (ja) (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
Polish: swoboda (pl) f
Russian: просто́р (ru) m (prostór)
Swedish: svängrum n, spelrum (sv) n

See also

jostle