Question

Have Your Heart in Your Mouth to be extremely frightened about something

Accepted Answer

My heart was in my mouth when I reached the top of the roller coaster. Homer used this expression thousands of years ago in his famous epic poem the Iliad. When you are terrified, your heart starts pounding violently and there's a choking feeling in your throat. Homer referred to that feeling as having "your heart in your mouth." For centuries that's the way many people have described the feeling of extreme terror or dread.

Idiom	Have Your Heart in Your Mouth
Example	My heart was in my mouth when I reached the top of the roller coaster.
Meaning	to be extremely frightened about something
Origin	Homer used this expression thousands of years ago in his famous epic poem the Iliad. When you are terrified, your heart starts pounding violently and there's a choking feeling in your throat. Homer referred to that feeling as having "your heart in your mouth." For centuries that's the way many people have described the feeling of extreme terror or dread.

Heart Feeling Mouth Homer I Reached Top Roller