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Etymology
Literally ”the hearts [have] reached the throats”. Qurtubi explains that the hearts have reached the throats from fear, and if the throat were not narrow enough they would have left the bodies. Razi exposes that due to the extremely high heart rate caused by fear the person might feel as if their heart were about to leave the body.

Phrase

 * 1)  felt extreme fear.