(all) choked up
(all) choked up
Feeling a strong emotion and struggling to speak because of it. I thought I would be able to give the eulogy, but I became so choked up that I couldn't do it. Come on, you can't tell me you didn't get all choked up during Toy Story 3!
See also: choke, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- choke
- choke up
- be (all) choked up
- choked with emotion
- choked by emotion
- a lump in the throat
- a lump in your throat
- flushed with (something)
- anger
- beside oneself, to be