Brewer's: Heart in his Mouth

His heart was in his mouth. That choky feeling in the throat which arises from fear, conscious guilt, shyness, etc.

“The young lover tried to look at his ease, ... but his heart was in his mouth,” —Miss Thackeray; Mrs. Dymond, p. 156.

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