It's best not to leap down someone's throat the first time they make a mistake.

I was taken aback by him jumping down someone's throat after I offered a mild critique.

Please don't jump down someone's throat when they make a small mistake; gentle feedback is more productive.

At the meeting, he jumped down someone's throat after a small mistake, making the whole team uncomfortable.

Whenever the team offers constructive criticism, the manager jumps down someone's throat and shuts down the discussion.

When the espresso sprayed, a bit of it seemed to go down the wrong throat and he started coughing uncontrollably.

The expression 'one's heart in one's throat' perfectly described how she felt when she opened the envelope.

The phrase 'bring a lump to someone's throat' perfectly describes the scene where the old friends finally reunited.

He has a habit of trying to shove something down someone's throat in every discussion, which makes people avoid him.

In debates he had little patience for equivocation: at the first sign of a falsehood he would give one the lie in one's throat.