in one’s way—
1. situated along one’s route:
- I’ll take that book back for you; the library is in my way as I go to the town.
2. placed so as to be an obstruction or cause inconvenience:
- If there is a physical obstacle in our way, we move it, jump over it or break it down. Mental obstacles are different….
3. within the limitations of one’s character:
- “Prendy’s not so bad in his way,” said Grimes, “but he can’t keep order.”
on one’s way—
1. on a journey; going to a place:
- On our way to Sidon we repeatedly encountered unknown ruins.
2. = in one’s way 1:
- We stopped to see Harris quite often as his house was on our way to and from downtown Winfield.
3. in good prospect of smth.:
- Don’t hundreds of thousands of immigrants on their way to becoming U.S. citizens work hard and serve in the military.