骨鯁在喉
gǔ​gěng​zài​hóu

to feel a need to speak out

  • created sense approved 骨鲠在喉/骨鯁在喉 · gǔ​gěng​zài​hóu · to feel a need to speak out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骨鲠在喉 / 骨鯁在喉

    gǔ​gěng​zài​hóu

    to feel a need to speak out

    to have a fish bone stuck in one's throat; (idiom) to feel an irrepressible urge to speak one's mind or speak out candidly about something on one's mind

    骨鲠 (literal) → 骨鲠/骨鯁 · gǔ​gěng · fishbone 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 喉 (literal) → 喉 · hóu · throat

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