throat
noun /θrəʊt/
/θrəʊt/
Idioms - a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way into the body; the front part of the neck
- a sore throat
- A sob caught in his throat.
- He held the knife to her throat.
- Their throats had been cut.
- They caught a pig and Jack slit (= cut) its throat.
- He quickly stuffed a hot dog down his throat.
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb1- She felt the cold water trickle down her throat.
- She seized her attacker by the throat.
- The chemical causes eye, nose, and throat irritations.
- The medicine left a sour taste in the back of my throat.
- His throat constricted with fear when he saw the knife.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + throat- cut
- slash
- slit
- …
- by the throat
- -throated(in adjectives) having the colour of throat mentioned; making a sound in the throat of the type mentioned
- a blue-throated macaw
- a deep-throated roar
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics- -beaked
- -bellied
- -billed
- -blooded
- -bodied
- -cheeked
- -chested
- -eared
- -eyed
- -faced
- -fingered
- -footed
- -haired
- -handed
- -headed
- -hearted
- -hipped
- -lidded
- -limbed
- -mouthed
- -necked
- -nosed
- -skinned
- -tailed
- -throated
- -toothed
see also cut-throat
Word OriginOld English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with throttle.
Idioms
be at each other’s throats
- (informal) (of two or more people, groups, etc.) to be fighting or arguing with each otherTopics Opinion and argumentc2
clear your throat
- to cough (= to force out air noisily through your throat) so that you can speak clearly
cut your own throat
- to do something that is likely to harm you, especially when you are angry and trying to harm somebody else
force/thrust/ram something down somebody’s throat
- (informal) to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying
- People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats.
have, etc. a frog in your throat
- to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time
have, etc. a lump in your throat
- to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional
jump down somebody’s throat
- (informal) to react very angrily to somebody
stick in your throat/craw (informal)
- (of words) to be difficult or impossible to say
- She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
- (of a situation) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry