choke イディオム

choke

be so nervous you cannot perform or do it well Don't even think about choking when you make your speech.

choked

angry, mad, pissed She was really choked when you called her a bitch.

chokey

prison

get choked

to smoke pot

choke down

1．swallow with difficulty（困难地）咽下
Jim hated the food but choked it down out of politeness．吉姆并不喜欢那食物，但他还是出于礼貌把它吃了下去。
2．accept with difficulty Jack choked down the manager's rudeness because otherwise he might lose his job．杰克强忍了经理的粗野无礼，不然的话，他可能会失业的。

choke sth off

Idiom(s): choke sth off

Theme: ENDINGS

to stifle something; to force something to an end.
• The car ran over the hose and choked the water off.
• The president choked off the debate.

choke sb up

Idiom(s): choke sb up

Theme: CRYING

to make a person become overemotional and speechless; to make a person begin to cry. (Informal.)
• The sight of all those smiling people choked Bob up, and he couldn't go on speaking.
• The funeral procession choked up the whole family.

choke off|choke

v. To put a sudden end to; stop abruptly or forcefully. It was almost time for the meeting to end, and the presiding officer had to move to choke off debate. The war choked off diamond shipments from overseas.

choke up|choke

v. 1a. To come near losing calmness or self-control from strong feeling; be upset by your feelings. When one speaker after another praised John, he choked up and couldn't thank them. When Father tried to tell me how glad he was to see me safe after the accident, he choked up and was unable to speak. 1b. informal To be unable to do well because of excitement or nervousness. Bill was a good batter, but in the championship game he choked up and did poorly. 2. To fill up; become clogged or blocked; become hard to pass through. The channel had choked up with sand so that boats couldn't use it.

choke back

choke back
Suppress, as in He choked back his tears. [Late 1800s]

choke off

choke off
1) Put a stop to, throttle, as in Higher interest rates are choking off the real estate boom. [Early 1800s]
2) Stop someone from speaking or complaining, as in Throughout the debate the congressman had to be choked off to give the other candidate a chance to speak. [Slang; late 1800s]

choke up

choke up
1) Block a channel or other passage, as in Vegetation choked up the creek like a dam. [Late 1600s]
2) Be too emotional or upset to speak, as in She became so emotional about winning that she choked up and was unable to give an interview.
3) Become too nervous or tense in a critical situation to perform, as in He's fine during practice but in a match he tends to choke up. This usage, also put as to choke alone, is especially common in sports. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]