frog in one's throat

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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Venkat	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
Volya	-	Russian (Rare)
Fionnuala	-	Irish, Irish Mythology
Rita	REE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)	Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese
NÓRa	-	Hungarian, Irish
Shahrazad	-	Persian (Rare), Arabic