elbow room

See also: elbowroom

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Noun

elbow room (uncountable)

(idiomatic) Room or space in which to move or maneuver.
There wasn't that much elbow room in the aircraft.
(idiomatic) 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 (zh), 空间 (zh) (kōngjiān)
Danish: albuerum n
Finnish: kyynärpää tila
French: place (fr) f, espace (fr) m
German: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: mozgástér

Japanese: 余地 (よち, yochi), 余裕 (ja) (よゆう, yoyū)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n

Nynorsk: olbogerom n
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: armbågsrum (sv) 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
Hungarian: mozgástér

Japanese: 余地 (よち, yochi), 自由裁量 (じゆうさいりょう, jiyūsairyō)
Korean: elbow room
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n

Nynorsk: olbogerom n
Swedish: spelrum (sv) n

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