bone in the throat: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    generalneutralliteralMachine
    • A literal condition in which a bone is lodged in a person's throat, causing obstruction or discomfort.

    Examples

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    • At dinner, he suddenly started choking because he had a bone in his throat.

      Durante la cena, de repente empezó a atragantarse porque tenía un hueso atorado en la garganta.

    • The doctor carefully removed a small bone in the throat that was causing the patient to cough repeatedly.

      El doctor removió cuidadosamente un pequeño hueso en la garganta que hacía que el paciente tosiera repetidamente.

    • She felt a sharp discomfort and realized she had a bone in her throat after eating the fish.

      Sintió una molestia aguda y se dio cuenta de que tenía un hueso en la garganta después de comer pescado.

  • 2.

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    • A persistent source of irritation, difficulty, or embarrassment that is hard to accept or remove.
    • An obstacle or grievance that causes ongoing discomfort or resentment.

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    • The unresolved complaint was a bone in the throat for the manager, preventing him from focusing on other tasks.

      La queja no resuelta era una molestia constante para el gerente, impidiéndole concentrarse en otras tareas.

    • That embarrassing mistake has been a bone in her throat ever since the presentation went wrong.

      Ese error embarazoso ha sido una fuente constante de incomodidad para ella desde que la presentación salió mal.

    • The ongoing dispute with the supplier became a bone in the throat, complicating the company’s operations.

      La disputa continua con el proveedor se convirtió en un obstáculo difícil, complicando las operaciones de la empresa.

Examples:

  • EN: For the gentleman you are, that so to speak ... bone in the throat.
    ES: -Para ese señor digamos que tú eres como... un grano en el culo.
  • EN: A fish bone in the throat.
    ES: Un hueso de pescado en la garganta.
  • EN: My sister-in-law is not a bone in the throat but a juicy steak herself.
    ES: Mi cuñada no es un hueso en la garganta, sino un jugoso filete.
  • EN: He's the bone in the throat.
    ES: Él es el hueso en la garganta.
  • EN: That right there... That is a bone in the throat.
    ES: Eso es... una espina clavada en la garganta.
  • EN: Exaggerated, of course, but for many of the Pentagon it's like a shattered bone in the throat!
    HI: अतिरंजित, निश्चित रूप से, लेकिन पेंटागन के कई लोगों के लिए, यह गले में एक टूटी हुई हड्डी की तरह है!
  • EN: Someone it will be a bone in the throat, let them "scratch."
    HI: किसी के गले में एक हड्डी होगी, उन्हें "खरोंच" दें।
  • EN: It is difficult to fight the first, and the second is a bone in the throat for AUG.
    HI: पहले से लड़ना मुश्किल है, और दूसरा AUG के लिए गले की हड्डी है।
  • EN: Liberals Dostoevsky like a bone in the throat.
    HI: उदारवादी Dostoevsky गले में एक हड्डी की तरह।
  • EN: We have given them a taste of grief, a bone in the throat of the Zionists"
    HI: एक बार तो लँगड़ी भी खेली हमने उन पर
    HI: हम उनकी मोहब्बत में ज़रा बेपरवाह क्या हो गये,
  • EN: "Transcarpathia is a bone in the throat of the Galichan neo-Nazis"
    HI: "ट्रांसकारपथिया गलीचा नव-नाज़ियों के गले की हड्डी है"
  • EN: Russia is ready to go to them like a bone in the throat.
    HI: रूस फिर उनके गले में हड्डी की तरह ।
  • EN: When a Museum becomes a bone in the throat
    HI: जब नाक में कोई मस्सा बन गया हो
  • EN: Washington Morales was like a bone in the throat.
    HI: वाशिंगटन के लिए, मोरालेस उसके गले में हड्डी की तरह था।
  • EN: a bone in the throat;
    HI: अपने बालों में एक घोंसला;

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