where did the phrase i have a frog in my throat originate?

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where did the phrase i have a frog in my throat originate?

2007-02-07 03:53:00 · 3 answers · asked by nick j 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations

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possibly a literal origin, frogs placed in someones mouth to remove a sore throat. Doctors a few hundred years ago had strange ideas, mind you most doctors then were priests or monks.

2007-02-07 03:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by steven m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

the term frog in the throat started among gay Frenchmen

2007-02-07 11:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by d pi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

read this for one possibility

2007-02-07 11:58:30 · answer #3 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋