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Bone in my Throat

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I have a bone in my throat. I cannot talk; I cannot answer your question.

I have a bone in my leg. An excuse given to children for not moving from one’s seat Similarly, “I have a bone in my arm,” and must be excused using it for the present.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bombastus
Bon Gaultier Ballās
Bon gré mal gré
Bon Mot (French)
Bon Ton (French)
Bon Vivant (French)
Bona Fide
Bona-roba
Bonduca = Boadicea
Bone
Bone in my Throat
Bone of Contention
Bones
Bone to pick (A)
Bone
Bone (To)
Bone-grubber (A)
Bone-lace
Bone-shaker (A)
Boned
Bones