someone had a lump in throat(a tight feeling in the throat that a person gets when about to start crying or when trying not to cry (тж. that put a lump in my throat 4uzhoj)
get a frog in the throat(I got such a terrible frog in my throat, that I cannot deliver a speech on today’s conference – У меня так сильно першит в горле, что я не смогу выступить сегодня на конференцииTaras)