We were fine until you stuck your oar in.
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I was getting along very nicely until Patrick stuck his oar in.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
put (your) oar in — put/stick (your) oar in British & Australian, informal to involve yourself in a discussion or a situation when other people do not want you to. I don t want Janet coming to the meeting and sticking her oar in she knows nothing about the situation … New idioms dictionary
stick (your) oar in — put/stick (your) oar in British & Australian, informal to involve yourself in a discussion or a situation when other people do not want you to. I don t want Janet coming to the meeting and sticking her oar in she knows nothing about the situation … New idioms dictionary
stick your oar in — stick/put/shove/your oar in british informal phrase to give your opinion about something that other people are discussing without being asked to We were fine until you stuck your oar in. Thesaurus: to give your opinionsynon … Useful english dictionary
shove your oar in — stick/put/shove/your oar in british informal phrase to give your opinion about something that other people are discussing without being asked to We were fine until you stuck your oar in. Thesaurus: to give your opinionsynon … Useful english dictionary
get/put/stick your oar in — Brit informal : to give people your opinion when they do not want it • • • Main Entry: ↑oar … Useful english dictionary
oar — [o: US o:r] n [: Old English; Origin: ar] 1.) a long pole with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat →↑paddle 2.) put/stick/get your oar in BrE informal to get involved in a conversation or situation when the other people do not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
oar — UK [ɔː(r)] / US [ɔr] noun [countable] Word forms oar : singular oar plural oars a long stick with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat • stick/put/shove your oar in British informal to give your opinion about something that other… … English dictionary
oar — noun (C) 1 a long pole with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat compare paddle 1 (1) 2 put/shove/stick your oar in BrE informal to join in a discussion without being asked to … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which … Wikipedia
Fiddler's Green — is the afterlife imagined by sailors, and later adopted by U.S. Cavalry, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. There is some evidence to support that the major propagators of this belief… … Wikipedia
