to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat
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to choke on a piece of food etc
lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker
lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom) / fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
variant of 耿直[]
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