stick in someone's throat
To be too difficult to speakTo be too difficult to speak.
» A bone stuck in my throat.
У меня в горле застряла кость.
Meaning
3 sensesTo be too difficult to speak.
To cause an aching sensation in the throat as if something is stuck there.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, throat.
Examples
22 sentencesA bone stuck in my throat.
ruУ меня в горле застряла кость. — shanghainese
A bone got stuck in my throat.
ruУ меня в горле застряла кость. — shanghainese
I got a fish bone stuck in my throat.
ruУ меня в горле застряла кость. — shanghainese
deMir ist eine Gräte im Halse steckengeblieben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She got a piece of bread stuck in her throat.
ruУ неё в горле застрял кусок хлеба. — Wezel
I have a fish bone stuck in my throat.
ruУ меня в горле застряла рыбья кость. — marafon
deIch habe eine Gräte in meiner Kehle stecken. — kolonjano
Forms
sticks in someone's throat, sticking in someone's throat, stuck in someone's throat, stuck in someone's throat| Base form | stick in someone's throat · to stick in someone's throat |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sticks in someone's throat |
| Present participle | sticking in someone's throat |
| Past simple | stuck in someone's throat |
| Past participle | stuck in someone's throat |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | stick in someone's throat |
| he, she, it | sticks in someone's throat |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | stuck in someone's throat |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have stuck in someone's throat |
| he, she, it | has stuck in someone's throat |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will stick in someone's throat |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle