"frog in one's throat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-a-frog-in-one's-throat.ogg , En-us-frog in one's throat.ogg , en-au-frog in one's throat.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} frog in one's throat
  1. (idiomatic) Hoarseness or the need to cough. Tags: idiomatic Translations (hoarseness (idiomatic)): 嘶哑 (sīyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), knedlík v krku (Czech), tudse i halsen (Danish), een kikker in de keel hebben [verb] (Dutch), pala kurkussa (Finnish), avoir un chat dans la gorge [verb] (French), einen Frosch im Hals haben [verb] (German), e Krazert am Hals hunn [verb] (Luxembourgish), rat dans la gorge [masculine] (Norman), mieć chrypkę [imperfective] (Polish)
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  2. (idiomatic) Any temporary physical difficulty in speaking. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: clear one's throat, cat got someone's tongue
    Sense id: en-frog_in_one's_throat-en-noun-oZsn8n0u Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations, Talking Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Talking: 50 50
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