Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic)Strongemotion, either happy or sad, causing someone to be on the verge ofcrying; a sensation of tightness in the throat associated with this.After hearing his story I could hardly speak for thelump in my throat.2017September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, inThe Observer[1]:There was alump in Katie Hayward’s throatas she spoke about the emotional impact of the thefts that have cast a shadow over Britain’s beekeepers. “The heartbreaking thing is that it’s a very close community. The fact that one beekeeper does this to another is the hardest thing of all,” she says.
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