hoarse

(as) hoarse as a crow

Speaking with a very raspy voice; very hoarse. Since I'm hoarse as a crow today, I'm not going to speak for much longer. I woke up hoarse as a crow after belting out my favorite songs all night long at the concert.
See also: crow, hoarse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*hoarse as a crow

very hoarse. (*Also: as ~.) After shouting at the team all afternoon, the coach was as hoarse as a crow. Jill: Has Bob got a cold? Jane: No, he's always hoarse as a crow.
See also: crow, hoarse
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (as) hoarse as a crow
  • crow
  • hoarse as a crow
  • address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
  • address comments or remarks to
  • address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
  • be in it for
  • be at a disadvantage
  • at a disadvantage
  • away from it all
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When he went onstage, people were half pissed and half disappointed that his voice was very hoarse.'
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Table 1: Showing the vocal assessment between preoperative, postoperative stage I and postoperative stage II (for vowel /a/) Voice Mean Scores for Vowel /a/ Quality Preoperative Postoperative I Post operative II Hoarse 1.2 1.7 0.9 Harsh 0.8 1.3 0.8 Breathy 1.7 1.6 1.3 Hoarse
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Jacqueline Simpson told the New York Post that the glass left her with a "hoarse, rattly voice" and unable to sing soprano like she used to, Radar online reported.
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Q My daughter comes back from high school athletic events so hoarse she can barely speak.
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But there are many causes of a hoarse voice that lingers for more than a couple of weeks (laryngitis, an inflammation of the vocal chords, is acute and usually lasts less than a few weeks).
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The frog of a horse's foot--hooves in the west pasture, hoarse chorus surging from the marshes.
Thrush
In a randomised prospective trial conducted in China, we tested the primary hypothesis that endobronchial blockers, including the new Coopdech blocker, would be associated with less sore throat or hoarse voice than double-lumen tubes.
Sore throat or hoarse voice with bronchial blockers or double-lumen tubes for lung isolation: a randomised, prospective trial