Emotions & feelings
have your heart in your throat
feel extremely anxious
To feel extremely frightened or anxious, especially while waiting to see what happens.
Hear it in real life
Were you worried during the operation?
Absolutely - I had my heart in my throat until the doctor came out.
I had my heart in my throat when the plane suddenly dropped.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My heart was on my throat.
Say: I had my heart in my throat.
The fixed preposition in this idiom is "in," not "on."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
I had my heart in my throat; she has her heart in her throat
Your turn: say it out loud
I had my heart in my throat when the plane suddenly dropped.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
have your heart in your throat
feel extremely anxious
“I had my heart in my throat when the plane suddenly dropped.”
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