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bring a lump to your throat

if something someone says or does brings a lump to your throat, it makes you feel such strong emotions that you want to cry. I thought it was a very moving speech. It almost brought a lump to my throat.

See also: bring, throat

like it or lump it (informal)

if you tell someone to like it or lump it, you mean they must accept a situation they do not like, because they cannot change it. The fact remains, that's all we're going to pay him and he can like it or lump it. Like it or lump it, romantic fiction is read regularly by thousands.

See also: like

take your lumps (American)

to receive and accept criticism or punishment for something you have done. Joe blames nobody but himself for his problems. He takes his lumps and doesn't complain.

See also: take

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a lump in your throat

a strong feeling of emotion that makes speaking difficult. He still couldn't watch the video without getting a lump in his throat, and he wasn't the only one.

See also: throat

take your lumps

to experience and accept difficulties as part of doing something. When unemployment increased, the Midwest took its lumps earlier than the East, but recovered faster.

Etymology: based on the idea of a fighter being able to take lumps (= accept swelling in parts of the body)

See also: take