Dictionary of American idioms

BY THE WAY

by the way: translation

by the way&by the by
1.a phrase indicating that the speaker is adding information. (

By the by

is not as frequent.) •

Tom: Is this one any good? Clerk: This is the largest and, by the way, the most expensive one we have in stock.

Bill: I'm a realtor. Is your house for sale? Alice: My house is not for sale, and, by the way, I too am a realtor.

2.a phrase indicating that the speaker is casually opening a new subject. •

Bill: Oh, by the way, Fred, do you still have that hammer you borrowed from me? Fred: I'll check. I thought I gave it back.

Jane: By the by, don't you owe me some money? Sue: Who, me?

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also[by the bye] {adv. phr.} Just as some added fact or news; as something else that I think of. - Used to introduce something related to the general subject, or brought to mind by it. * /We shall expect you; by the way, dinner will be at eight./ * /I was reading when the earthquake occurred, and, by the way, it was The Last Days of Pompeii that I was reading./

  1. by the wayby the way bersetzung by the way BTW brigens...Englisch-Deutsch Worterbuch gesetz
  2. by the wayby the way translationSynonyms and related wordsa propos accidental aimless apropos apropos of by the by bytheway casual desultory deviative digressive discursive en pass...Moby Thesaurus
  3. by the wayпо дороге по путикстати между прочим...Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь
  4. by the wayпо дороге по пути кстати между прочим...Англо-русский дополнительный словарь
  5. by the wayway by the adv infml By the way whats wrong with that Да кстати что в этом плохого By the way did she ever mention his name Между прочим она когданибудь упоминала его имя...Англо-русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
  6. by the wayмежду делом между прочим кстати мимоходом...Англо-русский словарь идиом
  7. by the wayby the way кстати между прочим...Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
  8. by the wayпо дороге по пути кстати между прочим...Англо-русский словарь общей лексики
  9. by the wayкстати между прочим по дороге по пути...Англо-русский словарь редакция bed
  10. by the wayфраз.к слову сказатьмежду прочимBy the way I asked Tom What is Bill doing now см. тжu by way of...Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический словарь И. Мостицкого
  11. by the wayдо реч мж ншим...Англо-украинский словарь
  12. by the wayМж ншим...Англо-український словник технічних термінів
  13. by the wayмж ншим...Англо-український словник технічних термінів II
  14. by the wayadv infml By the way whats wrong with that Да кстати что в этом плохого By the way did she ever mention his name Между прочим она когданибудь упоминала его имя...Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики