心提到嗓子眼 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

心都被提到嗓子眼了

2

心都快提到嗓子眼了

3

把心提到嗓子眼上

Definition

心提到嗓子眼

Literally means:

brought one's heart into one's mouth

Actually means:

嗓子眼 refers to throat.

This phrase means one is extremely scared.

嗓子眼，喉咙口。

心提到嗓子眼，指担心受怕到了极点。

Example

Used as a minor sentence, or as predicate or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作小句、谓语、宾语，中间可插入别的词语)

1

Jiùshēngyuán

救生员

suīrán

虽然

shì

是

kàn

看

biéren

别人

yóuyǒng

游泳

,

dànshì

但是

jīngshén

精神

yīzhí

一直

gāodù

高度

jízhōng

集中

,

gǎnjué

感觉

jiù

就

xiàng

像

yī

一

kē

颗

xīn

心

tídào

提到

sǎngziyǎn

嗓子眼

。

Although the lifeguard is watching others swim, but the spirit has been highly concentrated, it feels like a heart mentioned in the throat eye.

2

Dìmiàn

地面

shàng

上

de

的

rén

人

yǎnkàn

眼看

zuò

做

guǎnggào

de

的

dàqìqiú

大气球

jiùyào

就要

zhuàng

撞

shàng

上

fēijī

飞机

le

了

,

xīn

心

yī

一

xiàzi

下子

jiù

就

tídào

提到

sǎngziyǎn

嗓子眼

le

了

。

People on the ground saw the big balloon advertising is about to hit the plane, the heart suddenly mentioned the throat eye.

3

Dàkèchē

大客车

kāi

开

shàng

上

le

了

xiǎo

小

mùqiáo

木桥

shí

时

,

qiáoshēn

桥身

huǎng

晃

de

得

hěn

很

lìhai

厉害

,

dàjiā

大家

dōu

都

bǎ

把

xīn

心

tídào

提到

sǎngziyǎn

嗓子眼

shàng

上

。

When the bus got on the small wooden bridge, the bridge shook so badly that everyone raised their hearts to their throats.