frog in one's throat

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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.

Related terms

• clear one's throat

Translations

hoarseness (idiomatic)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘶哑 (zh) (sīyǎ)

• 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