frog in one's throat

frog in one's throat

English

WOTD – 4 February 2008

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Noun

frog in one's throat

1. (idiomatic) Hoarseness or the need to cough.

   I had a frog in my throat and the words didn't come out very clearly.

2. (idiomatic) Any temporary physical difficulty in speaking.

Translations

hoarseness (idiomatic)

Chinese: Mandarin: 嘶哑 (zh) Czech: knedlík v krku Danish: tudse i halsen Dutch: een kikker in de keel hebben (verb) Finnish: pala kurkussa French: avoir un chat dans la gorge (fr) (verb) German: einen Frosch im Hals haben (de) (verb) Luxembourgish: e Krazert am Hals hunn (verb) Norman: rat dans la gorge m Polish: mieć chrypkę

See also

• cat got someone's tongue