have a frog in throat

have 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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
LluÍS	-	Catalan
Panos	-	Greek
Costache	kos-TAH-ke	Romanian
Roxana	rahk-SAN-ə (English), rok-SAHN-ah (Spanish)	English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Kory	KAWR-ee	English
Ilmari	EEL-mah-ree	Finnish