Idiom
lump in one's throat
Meaning
Strong emotion, either happy or sad, causing someone to be on the verge of crying; a sensation of tightness in the throat associated with this.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I had a lump in my throat during the sad movie.”
“As she watched her daughter walk across the stage to receive her diploma, she felt a lump in her throat.”
“The unexpected kindness of the stranger left him with a lump in his throat, making it difficult to find the words to thank her.”
Examples
simple
“I had a lump in my throat during the sad movie.”
contextual
“As she watched her daughter walk across the stage to receive her diploma, she felt a lump in her throat.”
complex
“The unexpected kindness of the stranger left him with a lump in his throat, making it difficult to find the words to thank her.”
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