be in the way ❍ 你最好把这些盒子挪到角上去，它们不是～吗？You’d better move those boxes to the corner. Aren’t they in the way?/对自己的男人要经常教育呢，免得他们～！(王汶石《风雪之夜》261) Husbands have to be educated very thoroughly and often or they tie their wives down!
绊手绊脚bàn shǒu bàn jiǎo
绊：牵制或束缚。形容束缚手脚。be in the way, encumber the free movement of one’s limbs