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frog in one's throat



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Idioms and Phrases

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]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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