frog in one's throat Idiom

get a frog in one's throat

Idiom(s): get a frog in one's throat

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to get soreness or something else in one's throat that prevents one from talking well.
• The speaker got a frog in his throat and had to stop talking for a while.
• Excuse me. I have a frog in my throat.

frog in one's throat

frog in one's throat
Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat, as in Can you understand me? I've got a frog in my throat. This expression probably owes its origin to the froglike croaks produced by a person with a sore throat. [c. 1900]

a frog in (one's) throat

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