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someone's heart is in their throat
idiomUS(also mainly UKsomeone's heart is in their mouth)
If someone's heart is in their throat, they are feeling extremely nervous:
His heart was in his throat but he walked on bravely.
Every time I look at that video I have my heart in my throat.
My heart was in my mouth when I opened the letter.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Anxious and worried
(all) hot and botheredidiom
aflutter
agitated
angsty
anxious
fretfully
frightened
fuss
get in a sweatidiom
goosey
pit of your stomachidiom
preoccupied
prey
prey on sb's mindidiom
prey on something
wired
worried
worriedly
worrier
worrywart
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