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词汇 have a frog in your throat
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Idiom
have a frog in your throathave a frog in (your) throat
informal to be unable to speak clearly until you give a slight cough.
Excuse me, I've got a bit of a frog in my throat.
idiomhave a frog in your throatspoken to have difficulty in speaking clearly because your throat feels dry or blocked for a moment:Sorry, I've got a frog in my throat. I'll repeat what I just said.Right in the middle of the speech he got this terrible frog in his throat.
Note This idiom comes from an old belief that if you drank water containing the eggs of a frog (=small green animal that lives in or near water), the frogs would grow inside your body. The difficulty in speaking was supposed to be caused by the frog trying to escape.

have a frog in (one's) throat

To feel as though something is caught or stuck in one's throat. Can refer to actual hoarseness or the inability to speak due to fear. I have such a frog in my throat from this cold that I can barely talk! Elise couldn't say a word in the meeting and looked completely terrified. She must have had a frog in her throat.

have a frog in your throat

lose your voice or find it hard to speak because of hoarseness or an apparent impediment in your throat. informal

have a ˈfrog in your throat

(informal) not be able to speak clearly because your throat is sore, you want to cough, etc: She had a frog in her throat, so she had a drink of water before she went on speaking.
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